CHAPTER 11 - Language Flashcards
What is the word frequency effect?
The phenomenon of faster reading time for high frequency words than for low frequency words.
What is speech segmentation?
The process of perceiving individual words within the continuous flow of the speech signal
What is the phonetic context?
When context serves as a clue to determine if a sound or word is being heard
What is lexical ambiguity?
When a word can have more than one meaning
What is lexical priming?
Priming that involves the meaning of words .
She held the rose, primes word for flower.
Conceptual knowledge
knowledge that enables us to recognize objects and events and to make inferences about their properties
What are concepts?
the mental representation of a class or individual and categories of objects, events, and abstract ideas.
what is a category?
Includes all possible examples of a particular concept
What is categorization?
The process by which things are placed in categories.
What are the 3 approaches to categorization?
- Behavioural approach
- Network approach
- Physiological approach
What is the definitional approach to categorization?
An approach in which we can decide whether something is a member of a category by determining whether a particular object meets the definition of the category.
