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Cognitive Psychology Glossary K + L + M
This deck covers key terms and concepts from cognitive psychology, focusing on terms starting with the letters K, L, and M. It includes definitions and explanations of important psychological phenomena and theories.
Korsakoff’s syndrome
produces loss of memory function
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
Korsakoff’s syndrome
produces loss of memory function
LAD
language acquisition device - innate mechanism to facilitate LA
law of Prägnanz
tendency to perceive any given visual array in a way that most simply organizes the elements
Levels-of-processing framework
Postulates that memory does not comprise three or even any specific number of separate stores but rather varies along continues to mention in terms of...
Lexical access
The identification of a word that allows us to gain exes to the meaning of the word from memory
Lexical processes
Used to identify letters and words
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Korsakoff’s syndrome | produces loss of memory function |
LAD | language acquisition device - innate mechanism to facilitate LA |
law of Prägnanz | tendency to perceive any given visual array in a way that most simply organizes the elements |
Levels-of-processing framework | Postulates that memory does not comprise three or even any specific number of separate stores but rather varies along continues to mention in terms of encoding |
Lexical access | The identification of a word that allows us to gain exes to the meaning of the word from memory |
Lexical processes | Used to identify letters and words |
Lexicon | The entire set of morphemes in a given language or in a given person’s linguistic repertoire |
Limbic system | Emotion, motivation, memory, learning |
Linguistic relativity | The assertion that speakers of different languages have different cognitive systems and that these different cognitive systems influence the ways in which people think about the world |
Linguistic universals | Characteristic patterns across all languages of various cultures |
Localization of function | Specific areas of the brain that control specific skills or behavior |
Long-term store | Very large capacity, capable of storing information for very long periods, perhaps even indefinitely |
Massed practice | Learning sessions crammed together in short time |
Memory | The means by which we retain and draw on our past experiences to use this information in the present |
Mental models | Knowledge structures that individuals construct to understand and explain their experiences, an internal representation of information that corresponds analogously with whatever is being represented |
Mental set | A frame of mind involving an existing model for representing a problem, problem context or a procedure for problem-solving |
mnemonic devices | techniques to help you memorizing stuff |
monocular depth cues | can be represented in just two dimensions |
morphemes | the smallest unit that denotes meaning within a particular language |
multimode theory | proposes that attention is flexible |
myelin | a fatty substance coating axons |