According to the semantic network model, it would take less time to answer "true" to which sentence?
a) "a salmon is an animal"
b) "a salmon is a fish"
c) "a canary is an animal"
d) "a dog is similar to a cat"
ANS: B, Salmon and fish are conceptually closer and, thus, comparing them would be faster than comparing something like salmon and animals (which are conceptually further apart).
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a. deep structure; surface structure b. general knowledge; personal events c. long term memory; short term memory d. elaborative rehearsal; rote rehearsal
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