IWA #3 - Linguistics Flashcards
How does classical cognitive science view the mind?
It views the mind as a computational system enabled by the brain’s neural activity, not as software, but as a literal computational system.
What is the Stroop Effect?
It demonstrates semantic interference, where reaction times are slower when the color of a word conflicts with its meaning, and faster when the word’s meaning matches the color.
What is the McGurk Effect?
A perceptual phenomenon where the integration of visual and auditory cues causes people to hear something different from what is presented (e.g., hearing “da” when the audio says “ba” and the visual says “ga”).
What is phonemic restoration?
The phenomenon where the brain restores missing speech sounds that have been replaced by noise, making them seem present even though they were never actually there.
What is perceptual narrowing?
A developmental process where the ability to perceive certain sensory distinctions (e.g., phonemes of foreign languages) declines as a result of exposure, shaping perception during language acquisition.
What is categorical perception in speech?
A phenomenon where a gradual change in sound is perceived as distinct categories (like different phonemes), rather than as a continuous variation.
What does superadditivity refer to in multisensory speech perception?
The phenomenon where combining auditory and visual cues for speech results in more accurate perception than the sum of the accuracy of the individual cues.
Two key concepts of the mind according to classical cognitive theory
The mind is the central locus of cognition, where all cognitive functions occur.
The brain fills in missing sensory input through inferences, as the information from the body is seen as incomplete.
