chapter 9

Question 1

phonology

Answer 1

study of how sounds (and signs) are organized and used in natural languages

Question 2

morphology

Answer 2

the study of words, the rules for how they’re formed, and the relationship between words

Question 3

syntax

Answer 3

set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences and how words can be combined- exists independent of meaning

Question 4

lack of invariance problem:

Answer 4

there is no consistent relation between the physical features of the sounds and how the sounds are perceived. ex) same sounds produced differently in context

Question 5

phoneme

Answer 5

smallest units of sound that are recognizable as speech and have impact on the meaning

Question 6

allophone

Answer 6

one set of possible spoken sounds to produce single phoneme

Question 7

speech segmentation problem:

Answer 7

there are no reliable physical cues to the boundaries between words

Question 8

onomatopoeia

Answer 8

a word that phonetically resembles the sound it describes

Question 9

Phonesthesia

Answer 9

clusters of words that share Sound and Meaning elements

Question 10

sound symbolism

Answer 10

Sounds that carry meaning with them. ex) bouba and kiki

Question 11

Morpheme

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Smallest meaningful units of language. Free morphemes: words. Bound morphemes: word parts with meaning (-ed, -s, etc)

Question 12

Over-generalization errors in morphology

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Children will assume all patterns of language apply with no exception. ex) he eated

Question 13

Recursion

Answer 13

a syntactic process that allows for a finite number of words to create an infinite amount of sentences , invokes an instance of itself

Question 14

syntax; Surface Structure

Answer 14

how a sentence is worded

Question 15

syntax: Deep structure

Answer 15

the meaning of a sentence

Question 16

pragmatics

Answer 16

study of how language is used and understood in context

Question 17

illocutionary act

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what the speaker is trying to do with their words, intended meaning

Question 18

locutionary act

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what is actually said, literal meaning

Question 19

Nativist Theory of Language Acquisition

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language acquisition is best explained as an innate, biological capacity

Question 20

genetic dysphasia- evidence of NTLA

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syndrome characterized by inability to learn grammatical structure of sentences

Question 21

critical period-evidence of NTLA

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period during which receptivity to learning is optimal

Question 22

Interactionist Theory of Language Acquisition

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Environment, experiences, and interactions play a role in language development

Question 23

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

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language shapes the nature of thought

Question 24

Classical Theory

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categories are well-defined. Has “necessary” and “sufficient” rules for membership

Question 25

Family Resemblance Theory

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category members need not all share a definitional feature, but they tend to have several features in common

Question 26

neural correlates for Animate objects

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heightened lateral occipital cortex activation

Question 27

neural correlates for Inanimate objects

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heightened ventral medial temporal lobe activation

Question 28

Theory of Mind

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the understanding that people’s minds produce representations of the world that guide their behaviors

Question 29

What is activated when making social-moral decisions?

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Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex

Question 30

Heuristic

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fast and efficient strategies that do not guarantee a solution will be reached, “mental shortcuts”

Question 31

Algorithm

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well-defined sequence of procedures or rules that guarantees a solution to a problem

Question 32

availability bias

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items that are more readily available in memory are judged as having occurred more frequently

Question 33

Framing Effect

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people give different answers to the same problem depending on how the problem is phrased

Question 34

loss aversion

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we care more about avoiding losses than achieving equal-sized gain

Question 35

Prospect Theory

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we choose risks when evaluating losses and avoid risks when evaluating gains