Term 1: Language and Psycholinguistics - Definitions and Concepts, Quizzes of Cognitive Psychology

Download Term 1: Language and Psycholinguistics - Definitions and Concepts and more Quizzes Cognitive Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Language DEFINITION 1 a system of communication using sounds or symbols that enables us to express our feelings, thoughts, ideas, and experiences TERM 2 Psycholinguistics DEFINITION 2 process by which humans acquire and process language Comprehension, Speech Production, Representation, Acquisition TERM 3 lexicon DEFINITION 3 a persons knowledge of what words mean, how they sound, and how they are used in relation to other words TERM 4 Phonemes DEFINITION 4 shortest segment of speech that, if changed, changes the meaning of a word bat hat or bat bit TERM 5 Morphemes DEFINITION 5 smallest units of language that have a definable meaning or a grammatical function -s -ing -ed TERM 6 phonemic restoration effect DEFINITION 6 A phoneme in a a spoken word in a sentence can be perceived even if it is obscured by noise. TERM 7 speech segmentation DEFINITION 7 process of perceiving individual words in the continuous flow of the speech signal TERM 8 word superiority effect DEFINITION 8 refers to the finding that letters are easier to recognize when they are contained in a word than when they appear alone or are contained in a nonword TERM 9 word frequency effect DEFINITION 9 relative usage of a word in a particular language TERM 10 lexical decision task DEFINITION 10 read stimuli and decide whether or not they are words read high frequency words faster than low slower response for less frequent words has also been demonstrated by measuring peoples eye movements as they read eye movements that occur during reading consist of fixations, during which the eye stops on a word for about a .25 sec. and rapid movements of eyes, saccades, propel the eye to the next fixation