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_______ are actual members of a category that a person has encountered in the past.


A) Icons
B) Prototypes
C) Units
D) Exemplars

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Imagine that a young child is just learning about the category "dog." Thus far, she has experienced only two dogs, one a small poodle and the other a large German shepherd.On her third encounter with a dog, she will be LEAST likely to correctly categorize the animal as a dog if that animal


A) matches the size of the poodle but is of a different breed.
B) is a dog that does not bark.
C) matches an exemplar of one of the dogs she has experienced.
D) is similar to an "average" for the dogs she has encountered.

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______ is an average representation of a category.


A) A prototype
B) An exemplar
C) A unit
D) A component

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The semantic network model predicts that the time it takes for a person to retrieve information about a concept should be determined by


A) the amount of information contained in each concept.
B) the distance that must be traveled through the network.
C) the typicality of the information contained in each concept.
D) the representativeness of the information contained in each concept.

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Collins and Loftus modified the original semantic network theory of Collins and Quillian to satisfy some of the criticisms of the original model.However, their revised model was not immune to criticism.One criticism of Collins and Loftus' semantic network theory is that it


A) cannot explain exceptions to category properties (e.g., account for the fact that an ostrich can't fly while most birds can) .
B) is of little explanatory value because it can explain just about any result.
C) is so inflexible that it has been easy to falsify.
D) explains the length of links as resulting from a person's past experiences.

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Which of the following is NOT associated with the semantic network model?


A) Family resemblance
B) Hierarchical organization
C) Cognitive economy
D) Spreading activation

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Collins and Loftus modified the original semantic network theory of Collins and Quillian to satisfy some of the criticisms of the original model.In their modification, Collins and Loftus account for the typicality effect by


A) creating a "typical" node linked to special concepts in a category.
B) representing more typical concepts as higher in the categorical hierarchy.
C) using shorter links to connect more closely related concepts.
D) none of these

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The process of back propagation is most closely associated with


A) semantic networks.
B) connectionist networks.
C) reasoning about categories.
D) spreading activation.

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Compare and contrast the standard object for the prototype approach to categorization and for the exemplar approach to categorization.Include descriptions of how the standards can lead to similar as well as different categorization judgments.

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One beneficial property of connectionist networks is graceful degradation, which refers to the property that


A) these networks learn by a process that is analogous to the way a child learns about the world by making mistakes and being corrected.
B) learning a new concept does not interfere with remembering a previously learned concept.
C) damage to the system does not completely disrupt its operation.
D) learning can be generalized between similar concepts to facilitate future learning.

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