PSY 250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sunk Costs, Psy, Deductive Reasoning
16 Sep 2018
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Psy 250 cognitive psychology - hurtado network theory- our brain might form new memories by connecting their meaning and context with meanings already in our memory. Thus, our brain creates a web of interconnected memories, each one in context tied to hundreds or thousands of other memories. semantic distance effect-the degree of meaning relatedness between concepts. The concept swan may, for example, be said to be closer to the concept. Broca"s aphasia- difficulty producing speech; short phrases, impaired articulation, less intonation, reduced use of articles & prepositions. Wernicke"s aphasia- long, interrupted speech, made up words or expressions, paraphasias; can understand speech. Neologism- a new word, meaning, usage, or phrase. Paraphasias- production on unintended words, syllables, and phrases. Availability heuristic- mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person"s mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method or decision; people make judgments based on what they can easily remember.
