PSY 201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Retrograde Amnesia, Social Skills, Primary Sensory Areas
14 Mar 2018
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When asked to identify a story the subjects confidently identified four propositions when only three were presented. They retained the gist of the story, not the exact wording. Representations of visual-spatial info through propositions (verbal statements) or visual images (visual representation that preserves spatial & form information) Scanning experiments - memorize map, visualize map, scan from location x to y, rt is proportional distance between points. Mental rotation experiments - present subject with word or letter along with the same one either mirror image or rotated, subject identifies as quickly as possible if its mirror image or not. Eidetic imagery - long lasting & detailed images of a visual scene. Concept - word meaning, refer to categories of things. Prototype theory - picture-like representation of a typical or average member of a category. Word meanings/concepts are not just definitional, but represented by prototypes. Basic level of hierarchy - the level at which people best think about & categorize an object.
