Chapter 7 Matching Activity

Generic Memory

Some researchers argue that concepts are ________, that is they are independent of perceptual and motor representations. Most research does not support this proposal.

In the _________ model, concepts are arranged from the most general at the top to the most specific at the bottom, and facts related to concepts are stored at the highest level to which they apply.

In the compound-cue model, items that are learned at the same time as a to-be-remembered item can help make the generic memory accessible. These are called _____.

________ is memory for facts, concepts, and meanings that is context free.

Much of what we know about the neuroscience of generic memory comes from case studies of people with ___________, a condition where generic memories are lost but episodic memories remain.

Sometimes in associative priming tasks, words that are more distantly associated will still prime with each other. This finding is called the ________.

The threshold of activation that is required in order for an idea to be retrieved from generic memory is called ____________.

The textbook uses the term generic memory instead of _________ because not all of our knowledge is based on meaning.

Schemas of the procedures for events are called ________.

The finding that response times are faster in a sentence verification task when participants are asked about typical instances of a concept than if they were asked about more unusual instances is called __________.

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