Chapter 10 Vocabulary Flashcards
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A hypothesis associated with Paivio’s dual coding theory, that states that concrete nouns create images that other words can hang onto, which enhances memory for these words
Conceptual peg hypothesis
Corresponds to spatial representation. So called because a spatial representation can be depicted by a picture
Depictive representation
A phenomenon that accompanies a mechanism but is not actually part of the mechanism. An example is lights that flash on a mainframe computer as it operates
Epiphenomenon
The debate about whether thought is possible in the absence of images
Imageless thought debate
The debate about whether imagery is based on spatial mechanisms, such as those involved in perception, or on propositional mechanisms that are related to language
Imagery debate
A type category-specific neuron that is activated by imagery
Imagery neuron
Experiencing a sensory impression in the absence of sensory input
Mental imagery
A process of mental imagery in which a person scans a mental image in his or her mind
Mental scanning
Models that people create about what will happen following different decisions
Mental stimulation
A task used in imagery experiments in which participants are asked to form a mental image of an object and to imagine that they are walking toward this mental image
Mental walk task
A method for remembering things in which the things to be remembered are placed at different locations in a mental image of a spatial layout
Method of Loci
A learning task in which participants are first presented with pairs of words, then one word of each pair is presented and the task is to recall the other word
Paired-associate learning
A method for remembering things in which the things to be remembered are associated with concrete words.
Pegword technique
A representation in which relationships are represented by symbols, as when the words of language represent objects and the relationship between objects
Propositional representation
Applying a rule to solve a mechanical reasoning problem. Contrasts with approaches that involve mental imagery
Rule-based approach (to mechanical reasoning)
A representation in which different parts of an image can be described as corresponding to specific locations in space
Spatial representation
An explanation proposed to account for the results of some imagery experiments that states that participants unconsciously use knowledge about the world in making their judgements. This explanation has been used as one of the arguments against describing imagery as a depictive or spatial representation
Tacit knowledge explanation
A procedure in which magnetic pulses are applied tot he skull in order to temporarily disrupt the functioning of part of the brain.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
A problem caused by brain damage, usually to the right parietal lobes, in which the patient ignores objects in the left half of his or her visual field.
Unilateral neglect
A type of mental imagery involving vision, in which an image is experienced in the absence of a visual stimulus,
Visual imagery
