Question 1

Sparrow and robin are _____ of bird.

Accepted Answer

A)  hypernyms 
B)  coordinates 
C)  synonyms 
D)  hyponyms 
A)  hypernyms 
B)  coordinates 
C)  synonyms 
D)  hyponyms

Question 2

When experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, people typically remember a word that ________ the word they can't retrieve.

Accepted Answer

A)  means the same thing as 
B)  sounds like 
C)  shares the syntactic category with 
D)  has no relation to 
A)  means the same thing as 
B)  sounds like 
C)  shares the syntactic category with 
D)  has no relation to

Question 3

A lemma refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  syntactic aspects of word knowledge. 
B)  phonological aspects of word knowledge 
C)  semantic aspects of word knowledge 
D)  all of the above 
A)  syntactic aspects of word knowledge. 
B)  phonological aspects of word knowledge 
C)  semantic aspects of word knowledge 
D)  all of the above

Question 4

In Marslen-Wilson's model, the recognition point is where:

Accepted Answer

A)  one member of the cohort is selected for further analysis 
B)  feature information common to the entire cohort is stored 
C)  the word's orthographic representation is retrieved 
D)  a single word diverges from all possible words 
A)  one member of the cohort is selected for further analysis 
B)  feature information common to the entire cohort is stored 
C)  the word's orthographic representation is retrieved 
D)  a single word diverges from all possible words

Question 5

Intersection search refers to the process of:

Accepted Answer

A)  activating multiple meanings of a word in parallel 
B)  searching for information relevant to both items in a semantic verification task 
C)  the process of activating words base on their initial consonant 
D)  deciding whether a string of letters is a word 
A)  activating multiple meanings of a word in parallel 
B)  searching for information relevant to both items in a semantic verification task 
C)  the process of activating words base on their initial consonant 
D)  deciding whether a string of letters is a word

Question 6

The class of models that assumes that words are represented in the internal lexicon within a network of interconnecting nodes is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  hierarchical network models 
B)  spreading activation models 
C)  lemma-based models 
D)  cohort models 
A)  hierarchical network models 
B)  spreading activation models 
C)  lemma-based models 
D)  cohort models

Question 7

Studies of lexical ambiguity suggest which of the following conclusions?

Accepted Answer

A)  we automatically activate all meanings of ambiguous words regardless of context 
B)  we activate the most common meaning of a word and consider alternatives only when the common meaning is inappropriate 
C)  we are more likely to activate the meaning that is relevant to the current context, especially if that is the dominant meaning 
D)  phoneme monitoring is not a precise enough technique to investigate lexical ambiguity 
A)  we automatically activate all meanings of ambiguous words regardless of context 
B)  we activate the most common meaning of a word and consider alternatives only when the common meaning is inappropriate 
C)  we are more likely to activate the meaning that is relevant to the current context, especially if that is the dominant meaning 
D)  phoneme monitoring is not a precise enough technique to investigate lexical ambiguity

Question 8

The unexpected finding from Collins and Quillian's research was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  atypical category members took longer to verify than typical members 
B)  children verify basic level terms faster than adults do 
C)  verification times were faster when shared featural information was available at every node 
D)  distance between nodes did not affect reaction time 
A)  atypical category members took longer to verify than typical members 
B)  children verify basic level terms faster than adults do 
C)  verification times were faster when shared featural information was available at every node 
D)  distance between nodes did not affect reaction time

Question 9

The typicality effect:

Accepted Answer

A)  is inconsistent with the original Collins and Quillian model 
B)  refers to the ease of verifying An ostrich is a bird relative to A canary is a bird 
C)  refers to the act that more typical members of a category take longer to verify 
D)  all of the above 
A)  is inconsistent with the original Collins and Quillian model 
B)  refers to the ease of verifying An ostrich is a bird relative to A canary is a bird 
C)  refers to the act that more typical members of a category take longer to verify 
D)  all of the above

Question 10

The relationship between words and things in the world is the _____ of a word.

Accepted Answer

A)  sense 
B)  reference 
C)  connotation 
D)  denotation 
A)  sense 
B)  reference 
C)  connotation 
D)  denotation

Question 11

A task in which participants are presented with statements such as An A is a B and are asked to determine as quickly as possible whether the sentence is true or false is called a _____ task.

Accepted Answer

A)  typicality 
B)  semantic verification 
C)  hierarchical network 
D)  category-size 
A)  typicality 
B)  semantic verification 
C)  hierarchical network 
D)  category-size

Question 12

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon reveals how words in the mental lexicon are organized:

Accepted Answer

A)  categorically 
B)  phonologically 
C)  morphologically 
D)  hierarchically 
A)  categorically 
B)  phonologically 
C)  morphologically 
D)  hierarchically

Question 13

MacKay (1978) found that the time to take a verb and produce a related noun was longest for words with the suffix:

Accepted Answer

A)  -ment, as in government 
B)  -ion, as in decision 
C)  -ence, as in existence 
D)  none of the above 
A)  -ment, as in government 
B)  -ion, as in decision 
C)  -ence, as in existence 
D)  none of the above

Question 14

The fact that the term spinster tends to convey the notion of a person that is old and stodgy is part of the term's:

Accepted Answer

A)  denotation 
B)  sense 
C)  reference 
D)  connotation 
A)  denotation 
B)  sense 
C)  reference 
D)  connotation

Question 15

A cognitive structure that represents an aspect of our environment is known as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic model 
B)  cohort model 
C)  mental model 
D)  network model 
A)  semantic model 
B)  cohort model 
C)  mental model 
D)  network model

Question 16

In the sentence John found a bat in the attic, the word bat is:

Accepted Answer

A)  semantically ambiguous 
B)  lexically ambiguous 
C)  semantically complex 
D)  lexically autonomous 
A)  semantically ambiguous 
B)  lexically ambiguous 
C)  semantically complex 
D)  lexically autonomous

Question 17

In a lexical decision experiment, a participant must decide:

Accepted Answer

A)  if a word is ambiguous or not 
B)  if a word is a content word or a function word 
C)  what syntactic category a word belongs to 
D)  whether a letter string is a word 
A)  if a word is ambiguous or not 
B)  if a word is a content word or a function word 
C)  what syntactic category a word belongs to 
D)  whether a letter string is a word

Question 18

Agrammatic patients seem to have particular difficulty with:

Accepted Answer

A)  word order 
B)  grammatical agreement of noun and verb 
C)  closed-class words 
D)  comprehension, as opposed to speaking 
A)  word order 
B)  grammatical agreement of noun and verb 
C)  closed-class words 
D)  comprehension, as opposed to speaking

Sparrow and robin are _____ of bird.

When experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, people typically remember a word that ________ the word they can't retrieve.

A lemma refers to:

In Marslen-Wilson's model, the recognition point is where:

Intersection search refers to the process of:

The class of models that assumes that words are represented in the internal lexicon within a network of interconnecting nodes is called:

Studies of lexical ambiguity suggest which of the following conclusions?

The unexpected finding from Collins and Quillian's research was that:

The typicality effect:

The relationship between words and things in the world is the _____ of a word.

A task in which participants are presented with statements such as An A is a B and are asked to determine as quickly as possible whether the sentence is true or false is called a _____ task.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon reveals how words in the mental lexicon are organized:

MacKay (1978) found that the time to take a verb and produce a related noun was longest for words with the suffix:

The fact that the term spinster tends to convey the notion of a person that is old and stodgy is part of the term's:

A cognitive structure that represents an aspect of our environment is known as a:

In the sentence John found a bat in the attic, the word bat is:

In a lexical decision experiment, a participant must decide:

Agrammatic patients seem to have particular difficulty with:

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Exam 5: The Internal Lexicon

Sparrow and robin are _____ of bird.

When experiencing the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, people typically remember a word that ________ the word they can't retrieve.

A lemma refers to:

In Marslen-Wilson's model, the recognition point is where:

Intersection search refers to the process of:

The class of models that assumes that words are represented in the internal lexicon within a network of interconnecting nodes is called:

Studies of lexical ambiguity suggest which of the following conclusions?

The unexpected finding from Collins and Quillian's research was that:

The typicality effect:

The relationship between words and things in the world is the _____ of a word.

A task in which participants are presented with statements such as An A is a B and are asked to determine as quickly as possible whether the sentence is true or false is called a _____ task.

The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon reveals how words in the mental lexicon are organized:

MacKay (1978) found that the time to take a verb and produce a related noun was longest for words with the suffix:

The fact that the term spinster tends to convey the notion of a person that is old and stodgy is part of the term's:

A cognitive structure that represents an aspect of our environment is known as a:

In the sentence John found a bat in the attic, the word bat is:

In a lexical decision experiment, a participant must decide:

Agrammatic patients seem to have particular difficulty with:

Introduction-Themes of Psycholinguistics

Linguistic Principle

Psychological Mechanisms

Perception of Language

Sentence Comprehension and Memory

Discourse Comprehension and Memory

Production of Speech and Language

Conversational Interaction

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Processes of Language Acquisition

Biological Foundations of Language

Language, Culture, and Cognition

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