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21 Cards in this Set
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Dual Code Theory
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Suggests that we use both mental imagery and verbal information to represent knowledge
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Analogue codes
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A form of knowledge representation that preserve main perceptual features of whatever is being represented for the physical stimuli we observe in our environment
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Symbolic codes
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Representation that has been selected arbitrarily to represent something that does not resemble the representation
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Propositional Theory
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We do not store symbolic representations in the form of images
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Epiphenomena
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Secondary processes that occur as a result of other processes
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The Relational-Organizational Hypothesis
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memory is improved with visual imagery because imagery produces more associations between items to be recalled
Imagery alone does not improve memory It is the way that the imagery is used (making connections) |
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Spatial Processes
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Abilities which allow us to visually perceive, identify, and locate objects in our environment, as well as understand their interrelationships
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Spatial perception
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the ability to perceive spatial representations accurately when distracting information is present
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Spatial visualization
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a complex, multi-step mental manipulation of spatial information
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Image scaling
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We represent and muse mental images that are functionally equivalent in size and scaling to real images
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Image scanning
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We scan mental images in much the same way that we would scan a real image
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Visual imagery
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The use of images that represents visual characteristics
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Spatial imagery
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The use of images to represent spatial features
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Cognitive maps
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Internal representations of our of your physical environment, particularly centering on spatial relationships.
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Cognitive maps in humans
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Landmark knowledge
Route-road knowledge Survey knowledge |
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Mnemonics
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Techniques used to improve memory, many of them have to do with visual imagery. Method of Loci, Interacting Images.
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Method of loci
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Learner imagines a series of locations that have some order to them
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Interacting images
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imagine images of nouns interacting
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Pegword method
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picturing items with another set of cues (pegging them to a cue)
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Theories on gender differences in spatial ability
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Hormones
Direct and indirect effects Brain organization Training and experience Gender-role socialization Self-confidence Strategy use |
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Language
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The use of an organized means of combining words in order to communicate
Communication Exchange of thoughts and feelings Psycholinguistics The psychology of our language as it interacts with the human mind |
