PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Connectionism, Semantic Memory, Semantic Network
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Levels of processing for encoding of verbal information. Paivio points out that visual imagery makes it easier to form images of concrete objects than of abstract objects. Assume that cognitive processes depend on patterns of activation in highly interconnected computational networks that resemble neural networks. Involves deciding how or whether information is personally relevant. Involves forming a mental image of items to be remembered in a way that links them together. Involves taking an imaginary walk along a familiar path where images of items to be remembered are associated with certain locations. Associate a concrete word with an abstract word and generate an image to represent the concrete word. Number of items that can be stored in short-term memory. Large number of theorists questioned the concept of short-term memory because short-term handles a wider variety of functions than originally thought. Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events.
