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Psychology of language test 3 set 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
05/09/2013

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Cookie Theft Picture
Definition
A picture used with aphasics to determine their type of aphasia based on their interpretation of the picture
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Boston Diagnostic Aphasia test
Definition
Uses phonological words to determine which type of Aphasia patients have, Developed by Goodglass
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Wernicke's Aphasia
Definition
aphasia that presents with fluent and grammatical speech, but it is nonsense, (damage to wernicke's area of the brain-posterior part of the left hemisphere)
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Literal phonological paraphasia
Definition
the substitution of a word with a nonword that preserves at least half the segments or syllables of the intended utterance (Papple for apple)
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Semantic paraphasia
(type 1:Verbal semantic)
Definition
intended word is related to the produced word
"I forgot my magazine", instead of "book"
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Semantic paraphasia
(type 2: remote semantic)
Definition
The substituted word is not related to the intended word
"You forgot your lamp"
Instead of "umbrella"
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neologism
Definition
The production of nonsense words that occur in those affected by neologistic paraphasia, (half the word is said correctly, if at all)
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alexia
Definition
Inability to recognize written words. This is sometimes a symptom of Wernicke's or agraphia patients
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agraphia
Definition
Loss of the ability to write or express thoughts in writing due to a brain lesion
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decoding deficit
Definition
explanation for symptoms of wernickes patients difficulty with comprehension-a major problem is coding phonemes into words during comprehension, or specifying a phonological code to words during production
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Lemma
Definition
essentially the base word selected for a speech utterance that initiates the selection from the lexeme for proper speech (run, do, get)without proper phonological usage
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lexeme
Definition
the proper phonological utterance that is based on the lemma selected for speech "runs ran running" being the lexeme for the lemma "run"
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Connectionist model
Definition
Model proposed for how words are stored and retrieved based on a system of nodes and activations of nodes
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Nodes
Definition
activation sites for neural networks that function by storing and retrieving words based on an activation system
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thresholds
Definition
the level of activation required to retrieve a word from the lexicon, based on frequency of use, and phonological and semantic properties
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activation/inhibition
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lexical competition
Definition
the idea that words in the same phonological category (or level) may block the retrieval process from succeeding
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spreading activation
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the principal of the connectionist model's search process, that a node is activated and therefore spreads activation to phonologically relevant nodes
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conduction aphasia
Definition
form of aphasia where patients cannot repeat words or phrases in conversation
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arcuate fasciculus
Definition
band of nerve fibers linking Broca's and Wernicke's areas, it is afflicted in conduction aphasia
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conduit d/approche
Definition
patients of aphasia make multiple attempts to correct phonological errors
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anomia
Definition
word retrieval difficulties
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pure anomia
Definition
impaired naming, like being a perpetual TOT state-trouble in retrieving lexemes, use circumlocations when improper area is activated "searching for word"
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Semantic anomia
Definition
degraded semantic knowledge-may not even be able to place an object by its category or function when attempting to locate word
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word association task
Definition
used to understand the organization of the lexicon. Stimulus words are presented and subjects are asked to name the first word that comes to mind
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collocation
Definition
when words appear together more often than chance-used to explain how words are retrieved in word association tasks
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coordination
Definition
a relationship that occurs frequently and gives off the same level of meaning (big/little, light/bright, skirt/pants)
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synonym
Definition
words that mean the same thing
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antonym
Definition
words that have opposite meanings
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superordination
Definition
basically a word that has a broader meaning, but is used to elicit a more specific word in WAT's (insect for butterfly)
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hyponym
Definition
a word or phrase whose semantic category is included in that of another, (pitbull, terrier, basset, bloodhound are hyponyms dog) dog is the hypernym for these words, and animal is the hypernym for dog
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superordinate level
Definition
the highest categorical level possible
(ANIMAL)
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Basic Level
Definition
One level down from superordinate,
(DOG)
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Subordinate level
Definition
The lowest level of categorization
(Pit bull)
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categorical verification
Definition
posited by the hierarchical model, the idea of verifying whether a lexical entry fits into the intended category (Pit bull is a dog, dog is an animal, pit bull is an animal)
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property verification
Definition
verifying the correct selection of words based on properties of the object (dog-hairy, four legs, breathes)
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prototypicality
Definition
the ranking or graded categorization for certain words in categories (furniture, best fit is chair)
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category specific impairments
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word primitives
Definition
each word is stored as its own lexeme (book, books, bookshelf, booking)
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Inflectional morphemes
Definition
morphemes that are added onto words, but don't change the meaning, (walking, cooks, forked) they are thought to be separate in the mental lexicon, added during production (usually plurals, possesives)
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derivational morphemes
Definition
Morphemes added onto words that DO change the meaning, (unhappy, drinkable, nonsense, disapassionate)
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Decompositional view
Definition
when
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Cognitive economy
Definition
the idea that cognitive resources are limited, requiring concepts to be categorized and assigned based on categories (a dog can breathe-all animals breathe so breathing is categorized with all animals and applied thus.)
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Compound words
Definition
two words combined into one based on necessity of meaning (butterfly, teaspoon)
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transparent compound words
Definition
words in which the meaning is clear based on the combination and usage (beanpole, buttonhole) stored decompositionally (separately)
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opaque compound words
Definition
words not clearly defined based on their combination (butterfly) priming can be demonstrated by one word part (bread-butter fly) so these words are stored as whole
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partial activation
Definition
target lexeme receives some activation, enough to get some information about it (first letter, syllables) but not enough to get the word. Common in TOT states
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Transmission deficit
Definition
weak connections between lemmas and lexemes, based on lexical and phonological nodes, especially in low frequency words
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node structure/connectionism
Definition
part of partial activation
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phonological cueing
Definition
showing a word that is phonologically similar to the target word to see if it assists in retrieval
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semantic cuing
Definition
Showing a word that is semantically similar to the target word to see if it assists in retrieval
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interloper
Definition
words in the definition of the target that share some quality (phonology, semantics, or unrelated) with the target, thus blocking retrieval
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Blocking hypothesis
Definition
the theory that phonologically related hints interfere with retrieval because of inhibitory links at the same level
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interference
Definition
certain aspects may interfere with word retrieval such as semantic or phonological cues
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root morpheme
Definition
in TOT states ultimate retrieval is best predicted by root morpheme
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neighborhood effects
Definition
targets with lots of phonologically similar neighbors are most likely to be retrieved
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Bathtub effects
Definition
the beginnings and ends of words are more likely retrieved than the middle
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syntactic errors
Definition
errors in usage of words with similars
"Has the dog been EATEN" for FED
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word blends
Definition
errors in word level in speech meat+beef=meef
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substitution
Definition
error at the word level
Phonological substitution-mushroom/mustache
semantic substitution-mother/wife
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Anticipations
Definition
phonemic speech error ("leading lists" instead of "reading lists"
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perseverations
Definition
speech error where the phoneme is not deactivated "Blue Blonnet"
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exchanges
Definition
phonemic error "flow snurries" for snow flurries, exchange of phoneme
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spoonerisms
Definition
speech errors made by spooner, mostly misattributions like "the queer old dean", "you hissed my mystery class"
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intonation contour
Definition
placement of stress in words, even in speech errors, chosen before utterance
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interactive model of speech production
Definition
interaction between phonemic and semantic levels in speech production
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content words
Definition
words inserted into a syntactic frame (chosen prior to function words)
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function words
Definition
words and affixes added (articles, prepositions)
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freudian slips
Definition
double entendres, or speech errors that reveal subconscious intention
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lexical bias effect
Definition
phonological errors will create more words than non-words
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lexical editor
Definition
part of the lexical bias effect, non words speech errors are corrected more often than actual word misuses
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SLIP technique
Definition
Spoonerisms from Laboratory Induced Predispositions
Shoe Store
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polysemy
Definition
a word or phrase with different, but related senses (get-become, acquire, understand)
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lexical ambiguity
Definition
when a word has more than one meaning
"Going to the bank"
River, or money(bank)
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figurative sentences
Definition
a form of speech using figurative language, to more creatively describe or explain a situation
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vehicle
Definition
the concept used to convey information about the topic "my lawyer is a SHARK"
shark being the vehicle
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topic
Definition
less familiar concept which the vehicle conveys information about "my LAWYER is a shark" lawyer being the topic
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Two stage processing
Definition
an early theory of metaphor comprehension, positing that people first attempt to literally understand a metaphor or simile, and if they cannot they begin to non-literally understand.
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