Language And Reading - Word Recognition Flashcards
What is the mental lexicon?
1) A dictionary used to learn language
2) A store of knowledge about words in a language
3) A list of grammatical rules for forming sentences
4) A tool for analyzing syntactic structure
A store of knowledge about words in a language
What is measured in an eye-tracking study?
1) Brain activity during sentence comprehension
2) How long participants take to pronounce a word
3) How long participants fixate on words during reading
4) The number of correct responses in a task
How long participants fixate on words during reading
What is the purpose of a lexical decision task?
1) To determine the frequency of a word in the language
2) To measure how quickly participants recognize letter strings as words or non-words
3) To study the syntactic structure of sentences
4) To analyze emotional responses to words
To measure how quickly participants recognize letter strings as words or non-words
What is semantic priming?
1) Presenting words in isolation to test recognition
2) Using context to improve memory retrieval
3) Facilitating word recognition with related words
4) Reducing processing time for low-frequency words
Facilitating word recognition with related words
Which factor does NOT influence word recognition?
1) Word frequency
2) Predictability
3) Orthographic similarity
4) Paragraph length
Paragraph length
What is the “word frequency effect”?
1) Frequent words are harder to process
2) Frequent words are recognized more quickly than infrequent ones
3) Frequent words are ignored in eye-tracking tasks
4) Infrequent words prime recognition of related words
Frequent words are recognized more quickly than infrequent ones
Predictable words are recognized more easily because:
1) They activate multiple competing logogens
2) Context pre-activates relevant logogens
3) They are always high-frequency words
4) They bypass sensory input processing
Context pre-activates relevant logogens
What is an orthographic neighbor?
1) Words that share similar spelling
2) Words with the same meaning
3) Words used frequently together
4) Words with the same pronunciation
Words that share similar spelling
What does the Logogen model propose?
1) Words are processed sequentially based on syntax
2) Each word has a recognition unit with an activation threshold
3) Words are recognized through phonological decoding only
4) Recognition depends entirely on world knowledge
Each word has a recognition unit with an activation threshold
How do high-frequency words differ in the Logogen model?
1) They inhibit recognition of similar words
2) They have lower activation thresholds
3) They activate slower than low-frequency words
4) They are unaffected by context
They have lower activation thresholds
What is the word superiority effect?
1) Words are harder to recognize than letters
2) Letters are recognized more easily within words than in isolation
3) High-frequency words inhibit letter recognition
4) Letters in non-words are easier to recognize
Letters are recognized more easily within words than in isolation
Which model explains the word superiority effect?
1) Logogen model
2) Dual-route model
3) Interactive Activation model
4) Constraint satisfaction
Interactive Activation model
What limitation does the Interactive Activation model face?
1) It cannot explain phonological processing
2) It assumes strict letter positions
3) It ignores contextual influences
4) It only applies to low-frequency words
It assumes strict letter positions
What does the Dual-Route Cascaded Model propose?
1) All words are processed via phonological rules
2) Words are processed through either a direct or indirect route
3) Recognition depends entirely on visual features
4) All recognition is guided by syntactic rules
Words are processed through either a direct or indirect route
What is phonological dyslexia?
1) Difficulty with irregular words
2) Difficulty recognizing non-words
3) Difficulty with high-frequency words
4) Difficulty understanding word meanings
Difficulty recognizing non-words
