Research Discussion
In the article "Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom," improvement was seen on Statistics tests.
True/ False
False
We categorize by comparing stimuli to the average characteristics of only some category members
True/False
False
The English language has 47 Phonemes
True/False
true
Our ability to understand words depends on word frequency.
True/False
True
a phoneme is the smallest segment that, if changed, affects meaning.
True/ False
true
Which topic from class relates to the research discussion ("Writing About Testing Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom")?
a. implicit learning
b. working memory
c. false memory
d. testing effect
B. working memory
We often categorize things based on what?
a. family resemblance
b. structure
c. exchanges
d. length
a. family resemblance
Which of the following are ways we analyze language?
a. syntax
b. semantics
c. phonology
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Which type of inference is this an example of: “Jill didn’t study. Jill failed the exam.”
a. Anaphoric
b. Instrumental
c. Causal
C. Causal
Which is an example of a perseveration speech error?
A. a silly sistake
B. the old man the boat
C. to explain clearfully
a. silly sistake
From the findings of the study ("Writing About Test Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom"), which participants were especially affected by writing about their worries?
The ones with higher test anxiety
According to Rosch's hierarchy, which level would hold classical guitars, electric guitars, upright pianos, bass drums all categorized as?
subordinate level
What is the smallest meaningful units of words?
morphemes
What is the benefit receptive vocabulary has over expressive vocabulary
People have a broader receptive than expressive vocabulary
Our ability to understand words often depends on what?
context
In the research article "Writing About Test Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom," how did the researchers try to increase participants' anxiety for their experimental test?
Participants were given monetary incentives, peer pressure, and social evaluation
What are the three levels of categories, according to Rosch's hierarchy?
superordinate, basic, and subordinate
Which experiment is this?
–Participants’ voices were recorded in the waiting area before the experiment
–During the experiment, they heard their own individual words without context
the waiting room experiment
Describe the results of the syntactic priming experiment.
The participant’s description matched the form of the confederate 78% of the time
Explain the difference between semanticity and arbitrariness.
Semanticity is that words are meaningful. Arbitrariness is that words and their meanings have no inherent or predictable relationship.
Explain how you personally could use the findings from "Writing About Test Worries Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom" to help you in real life.
If you are highly anxious about an exam, you could take a few minutes before the exam to write about your worries.
Describe the procedure of the mashed potato experiment
participants were asked to name objects
-two instructional conditions
-neutral & food context
-imagine object filled with mashed potatoes
Explain the results and conclusion of the cough experiment.
Results: people thought that they had heard a word even though the cough covered it up
Conclusion: context is important for language perception
What are four of the five types of speech errors?
-Exchanges (Phoneme, Morpheme and word exchanges)
-Word Substitution
-Perseveration
-Blend
-Spoonerism
Explain the difference between competence and performance and how they are related.
Linguistic competence
–The underlying linguistic knowledge that lets people produce and comprehend their language
Linguistic performance
–People’s actual use of the knowledge
Linguistic performance would reflect linguistic competence only under completely ideal conditions