Science of Language Flashcards

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goals of psychological research

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  • describe behaviour
  • understand/explain behaviour - figure out data you have collected
  • predict and affect future behaviour - understand the root cause and try to fix it
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2
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inductive reasoning

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taking information in and try to find patterns

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3
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deductive reasoning

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making predictions based on data

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4
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validity

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how accurate

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5
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reliability

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how consistent

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psychological construct

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measure something that is internal to a person

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ways to measure constructs

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  • behavioural - observing subject complete a task or watch their behaviour on tests
  • physiological - look at hormone levels in blood
  • self-report
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semantic memory

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  • things you just know
  • words that are related to each other are stored closer to each other
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lexical decision task

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  • quickest answer when the words are both real words and related
  • slowest answer when one word is real and the other is a pseudoword
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10
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theory

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idea used to explain a set of observations and to predict future observations

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11
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the research cycle

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green arrows slide

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12
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a theory must be ____

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falsifiable - have to be able to show the theory fale in some way

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inferential statistics

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when you take the results from your research and infer what the larger population is doing

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14
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within-subject design

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all participants experience all conditions of independent variable

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between-subject design

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some people only get a certain condition and other subjects experience the other condition

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16
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confounding variable

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get results but due to an outside factor that is not IV being affected

17
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practice effect

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improvement from beginning to end that has nothing to do with independent variable and that you are just giving the person more practice

18
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fatigue effect

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giving subject too much to do so their performance toward end of test isn’t accurate because they are tired

19
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context effect

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when one level of IV changes perception of other levels

20
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p-value

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p< 0.05 means that you are 95% sure this is real

21
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type 1 error

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false positive

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type 2 error

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false negative

23
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impact factor

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the higher the impact factor, the more influentual it is

24
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gyrus

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bumpy part

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sulcus
groove
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fissure
deep groove
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frontal lobe
thought, planning
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parietal lobe
touch, spatial relation
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temporal lobe
hearing, memory
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occipital lobe
vision
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wernicke's area
language comprehension
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broca's area
language and speech production
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what hemisphere is language lateralized in
left
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PET scan
- uses small amount of radioactive water which lights up active areas of the brain
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fMRI
-measures blood flow in brain - bood with more oxy has different magnetic properties than blood with less oxy
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EEG
- measures electrical signal in the brain