PSYC 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Situated Cognition, Episodic Memory, Prototype Theory
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However, each example has at least one attribute in common with some other example of the concept. superordinate-level categories in the prototype approach to semantic memory, higher-level or more general categories; furniture, animal, and tool are all examples of superordinate-level categories. basic-level categories in the prototype approach to semantic memory, categories that are moderately specific; chair, When people see or hear the name of a concept, the node representing that concept is activated. The activation expands or spreads from that node to other connected nodes, a process called spreading activation. spreading activation in network models of semantic memory, the process by which nodes excite nearby or related nodes. Also known as the connectionist approach and the neural-network approach. connectionism see pdp approach neural networks a theory describing cognitive processing in terms of networks that link together neuron-like units. These networks perform operations simultaneously and in parallel, rather than one step at a time.
