Psychology 3130A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: City Block, Spreading Activation, Hypotenuse

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3130A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

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Memory retrieval: semantic memory is memory for facts, assumes to be organized conceptually. Inductive reasoning feature similarity: typically involves generalizing and making predictions about the future based on past events. Is built on the notion similarity as a primary determiner of inductive strength: the similarity coverage model of osherson assumes that inductions are based on an understanding of the similarity among the items or concepts being considered. Is a mental process by which we make predictions about future outcomes based on our past knowledge. Sorting task: subject is asked to sort objects or pictures into groups on the basis of similarity, this task is generally carried out with objects or images depicting the objects. The assumption of minimality: tversky: minimality holds that the similarity between an object and itself is the same for all objects, d (i, i) < d (i, j)