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psyc 317 Exam 3 reverse Flashcards

1
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A sentence that has more than one meaning

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ambiguous sentence

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2
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A language disorder attributed to damage in the frontal lobe of the brain

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Brocas aphasia

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3
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The underlying meaning of a sentence

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deep structure

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4
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A strategy for correcting comprehension errors eventrelated potential ERP

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error recovery heuristic

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

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exchange error

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6
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The capability to produce many different messages by combining symbols in different ways

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generative

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7
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A set of rules for producing correct sentences in a language

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grammar

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A sentence that produces a high expectation for a particular word

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highconstraint sentence

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

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language

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10
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A task that requires people to decide whether a string of letters is a word

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lexical decision task

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

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lowconstraint sentence

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12
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The smallest unit of meaning in a language

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morpheme

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13
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An error in which two morphemes are substituted for each other during sentence production

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morpheme exchange

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

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phoneme exchange

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15
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A set of rules for partitioning a sentence into its grammatical units

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phrase structure grammar

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16
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A speech error

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slip of the tongue

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17
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The organization imposed on a language by its grammatical rules

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structured

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18
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Eliminating inappropriate meanings in a sentence

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suppress

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19
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The structure of a spoken sentence

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surface structure

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20
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The use of symbols, such as spoken or written words, to represent ideas

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symbolic

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21
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A set of rules for transforming a sentence into a closely related sentence

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transformational grammar

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22
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A language disorder attributed to damage in the temporal lobe of the brain

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Wernickes aphasia

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

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word exchange

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24
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The amount of information that can be kept active in working memory

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working memory capacity

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25
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An event that results in the occurrence of another event

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causal relation

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26
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Integration of major ideas that occur throughout a text

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global coherence

27
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The use of reasoning to establish relations in a text when the relations are not directly stated

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inference

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Integration of ideas within an immediate context in a text

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local coherence

29
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A person s mental representation of a situation

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mental model

30
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An event that delays or prevents the attainment of a goal

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obstacle

31
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A particular point of view

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perspective

32
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The sequence of events related to achieving goals in a narrative

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plot

33
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A meaningful idea that typically consists of several words

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proposition

34
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The number of recalled propositions divided by reading time

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readability

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

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readability formula

36
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The search of long term memory to place words in short term memory where they can be used to integrate a text

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reinstatement search

37
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The outcome of events in the plot

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resolution

38
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The time and place in which narrative events occur

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setting

39
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Integration of prior knowledge and text information to construct an understanding of the situation described in a text

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situation model

40
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The main goals of characters in a narrative

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theme

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

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algorithm

42
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A problem that requires rearranging a string of letters to form a word

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anagram

43
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Use of the same solution in solving two problems

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analogical transfer

44
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Solving a problem by using a solution to a related problem

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analogy

45
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A four term problem that requires finding the answer that completes the relation: A is to B as C is to D

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analogy problem

46
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A problem that requires rearranging its parts to satisfy a specified criterion

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arrangement problem

47
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The tendency to use an object in a typical way

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functional fixedness

48
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A strategy that is often, but not always, helpful in solving problems

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heuristic

49
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A problem that requires finding a pattern among a fixed set of relations

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inducing structure problem

50
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The sudden discovery of a solution following unsuccessful attempts to solve a problem

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insight

51
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A strategy that can be used to solve transformation problems by eliminating differences between the initial and goal states

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means end analysis

52
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A demonstration that the instructions in a computer program are capable of solving a problem

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measure of sufficiency

53
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An action that is selected to solve problems

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operator

54
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Problems that have different story contents but identical solutions

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problem isomorphs

55
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The set of choices evaluated at each step in solving a problem as determined by the problem solver

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problem space

56
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Use of the same format such as a matrix in solving two problems

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representational transfer

57
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The set of choices at each step in solving the problem as determined by the problem

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search space

58
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A problem that requires finding a pattern among a sequence of items in order to continue the sequence in the same pattern

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series extrapolation

59
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A computer program that attempts to reproduce the operations used by people to carry out various tasks

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simulation program

60
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A goal that solves part of the problem

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subgoal

61
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A table that links differences between problem states with operators for eliminating those differences

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table of connections

62
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A problem that requires changing the initial state through a sequence of operations until it matches the goal state

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transformation problem

63
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A diagram that shows the set relations such as overlap among categories

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Venn diagram

64
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A record of verbalized thought processes

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verbal protocol

Cognitive PSYC Vocab (24 decks)

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