PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Battle Of Trafalgar, Pome, Ellipse
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Chapter 8 - associative theories of long-term memory. Memory connectison provide more thn retrieval paths connectsion are our memories. Memory is represented by a memory ceonnection a connection b/w some memory content representing things and some memory content representing the sound pattern of _____ . Not all association are of equal length. Ideas become linked only if during the learning episode the learner pays attention to the items to be remembered some active intellectual engagements is neded to create the connectison, the nature of this engagement is crucial. A node becomes activated when it has receive a strong enough input signal (like energy or fuel) and the associative links are like activation carriers. Nodes receive activation form their neighbours, and as more and more activation arrives at a particular node, the activation level. The activation level will reach the node"s response threshold the node fires (as several effects)