Lexical Storage And Lexical Access (A)

Question 1

Are words stored in the mind independently

Answer 1

no

Question 2

When accessing a word we will use…..&….. to access it?

Answer 2

meaning and form

Question 3

The more information we receive about form/meaning of a word, the more we can narrow down the options?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Connectionism models itself upon

Answer 4

the way in which the brain operates by transferring signals across multiple neural connections.

Question 5

Who has a connectionist view?

Answer 5

McClelland et al 1986

Question 6

When a connection is used more, it becomes stronger, when it is used less, it becomes weaker, for example?

Answer 6

Fish and chips
salt and pepper
scared and afraid

Question 7

what is frequency?

Answer 7

The words that we use most are the ones that are easier for us to retrieve. This is because the connections to them are more often used.

Question 8

What is collocation?

Answer 8

Words that are closely connected and as a result we retrieve them together, for example, ‘heavy smoker’

Question 9

What is activation?

Answer 9

when we hear a word, activation triggers off a reaction which ‘lights up’ words that have close connections and then as a result are readily available for us to use and retrieve quicker. eg. doctor would activate nurse.

Question 10

Is activation automatic?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Does activation decay quickly?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What does priming do?

Answer 12

e.g. ‘camel’ primes, hump, deser and sand