psyc 317 Exam 3 reverse

Question 1

A sentence that has more than one meaning

Answer 1

ambiguous sentence

Question 2

A language disorder attributed to damage in the frontal lobe of the brain

Answer 2

Brocas aphasia

Question 3

The underlying meaning of a sentence

Answer 3

deep structure

Question 4

A strategy for correcting comprehension errors eventrelated potential ERP

Answer 4

error recovery heuristic

Question 5

An error in which two linguistic units are substituted for each other during sentence production

Answer 5

exchange error

Question 6

The capability to produce many different messages by combining symbols in different ways

Answer 6

generative

Question 7

A set of rules for producing correct sentences in a language

Answer 7

grammar

Question 8

A sentence that produces a high expectation for a particular word

Answer 8

highconstraint sentence

Question 9

A collection of symbols and rules for combining symbols, which can express an infinite variety of messages

Answer 9

language

Question 10

A task that requires people to decide whether a string of letters is a word

Answer 10

lexical decision task

Question 11

A sentence that produces an expectation for a broader range of words

Answer 11

lowconstraint sentence

Question 12

The smallest unit of meaning in a language

Answer 12

morpheme

Question 13

An error in which two morphemes are substituted for each other during sentence production

Answer 13

morpheme exchange

Question 14

An error in which two phonemes are substituted for each other during sentence production

Answer 14

phoneme exchange

Question 15

A set of rules for partitioning a sentence into its grammatical units

Answer 15

phrase structure grammar

Question 16

A speech error

Answer 16

slip of the tongue

Question 17

The organization imposed on a language by its grammatical rules

Answer 17

structured

Question 18

Eliminating inappropriate meanings in a sentence

Answer 18

suppress

Question 19

The structure of a spoken sentence

Answer 19

surface structure

Question 20

The use of symbols, such as spoken or written words, to represent ideas

Answer 20

symbolic

Question 21

A set of rules for transforming a sentence into a closely related sentence

Answer 21

transformational grammar

Question 22

A language disorder attributed to damage in the temporal lobe of the brain

Answer 22

Wernickes aphasia

Question 23

An error in which two words are substituted for each other during sentence production

Answer 23

word exchange

Question 24

The amount of information that can be kept active in working memory

Answer 24

working memory capacity

Question 25

An event that results in the occurrence of another event

Answer 25

causal relation

Question 26

Integration of major ideas that occur throughout a text

Answer 26

global coherence

Question 27

The use of reasoning to establish relations in a text when the relations are not directly stated

Answer 27

inference

Question 28

Integration of ideas within an immediate context in a text

Answer 28

local coherence

Question 29

A person s mental representation of a situation

Answer 29

mental model

Question 30

An event that delays or prevents the attainment of a goal

Answer 30

obstacle

Question 31

A particular point of view

Answer 31

perspective

Question 32

The sequence of events related to achieving goals in a narrative

Answer 32

plot

Question 33

A meaningful idea that typically consists of several words

Answer 33

proposition

Question 34

The number of recalled propositions divided by reading time

Answer 34

readability

Question 35

A formula that uses variables such as word frequency and sentence length to predict the readability of text

Answer 35

readability formula

Question 36

The search of long term memory to place words in short term memory where they can be used to integrate a text

Answer 36

reinstatement search

Question 37

The outcome of events in the plot

Answer 37

resolution

Question 38

The time and place in which narrative events occur

Answer 38

setting

Question 39

Integration of prior knowledge and text information to construct an understanding of the situation described in a text

Answer 39

situation model

Question 40

The main goals of characters in a narrative

Answer 40

theme

Question 41

A set of rules that will solve a problem if correctly followed

Answer 41

algorithm

Question 42

A problem that requires rearranging a string of letters to form a word

Answer 42

anagram

Question 43

Use of the same solution in solving two problems

Answer 43

analogical transfer

Question 44

Solving a problem by using a solution to a related problem

Answer 44

analogy

Question 45

A four term problem that requires finding the answer that completes the relation: A is to B as C is to D

Answer 45

analogy problem

Question 46

A problem that requires rearranging its parts to satisfy a specified criterion

Answer 46

arrangement problem

Question 47

The tendency to use an object in a typical way

Answer 47

functional fixedness

Question 48

A strategy that is often, but not always, helpful in solving problems

Answer 48

heuristic

Question 49

A problem that requires finding a pattern among a fixed set of relations

Answer 49

inducing structure problem

Question 50

The sudden discovery of a solution following unsuccessful attempts to solve a problem

Answer 50

insight

Question 51

A strategy that can be used to solve transformation problems by eliminating differences between the initial and goal states

Answer 51

means end analysis

Question 52

A demonstration that the instructions in a computer program are capable of solving a problem

Answer 52

measure of sufficiency

Question 53

An action that is selected to solve problems

Answer 53

operator

Question 54

Problems that have different story contents but identical solutions

Answer 54

problem isomorphs

Question 55

The set of choices evaluated at each step in solving a problem as determined by the problem solver

Answer 55

problem space

Question 56

Use of the same format such as a matrix in solving two problems

Answer 56

representational transfer

Question 57

The set of choices at each step in solving the problem as determined by the problem

Answer 57

search space

Question 58

A problem that requires finding a pattern among a sequence of items in order to continue the sequence in the same pattern

Answer 58

series extrapolation

Question 59

A computer program that attempts to reproduce the operations used by people to carry out various tasks

Answer 59

simulation program

Question 60

A goal that solves part of the problem

Answer 60

subgoal

Question 61

A table that links differences between problem states with operators for eliminating those differences

Answer 61

table of connections

Question 62

A problem that requires changing the initial state through a sequence of operations until it matches the goal state

Answer 62

transformation problem

Question 63

A diagram that shows the set relations such as overlap among categories

Answer 63

Venn diagram

Question 64

A record of verbalized thought processes

Answer 64

verbal protocol