Quiz 4
1) Define the word schema. How is it relevant to concept formation? In what other area of cognition that we studied this semester are schemas used? Why do you think 'schemas' are used in these two areas of cognition i.e., what similarities do they have?
2) Why do researchers propose our minds use both pictorial and symbolic representations? What types of information can each best represent?
3) What are two sources of evidence that suggest that mental imagery exists?
4) What are two sources of evidence that suggest that mental imagery does not exist?
5) How do classical and operant conditioning differ? How are they the same?
6) What are four common ways in which distances are distorted? Give examples of this (not soley from the book).
7) What are the similarities and differences between prototype and feature based theories of categorization?
8) What model of knowledge organization do you think is best? Why?
9.) What are two results from conditioning experiments that suggest that behaviorism was inadequate to explain animal and human behavior?
10.) Why did Rosch propose that people study natural concepts rather
than concepts formed in laboratory experiments?