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Which term below is most closely associated with semantic networks?


A) Distributed processing
B) Cognitive economy
C) Prototype formation
D) Serial processing

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According to the typicality effect,


A) objects in a category have a family resemblance to one another.
B) objects that are not typical stand out and so are more easily remembered.
C) items that are high in prototypicality are judged more rapidly as being in a group.
D) we remember typical objects better than non-typical objects.

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Describe the evidence from both physiological research and patient data to explain how categories are represented in the brain.

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The prototype approach to categorization states that a standard representation of a category is based on


A) the definition of the category.
B) a universal set of category members.
C) a defined set of category members.
D) category members that have been encountered in the past.

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Research on the physiology of semantic memory has shown that the representation of different categories in the brain (like living and non-living things) is best described as being


A) specific.
B) subordinate.
C) graded.
D) distributed.

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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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