Question 1

In Swinney's 1979 crossmodal priming study, which condition led to decreased activation of the test word's meaning that was not primed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Decreasing the ISI between the test word and the prime 
B)  Presenting the study passage at a louder volume 
C)  Increasing the ISI between the test word and the prime 
D)  Presenting the study passage text on the screen along with the auditory presentation of the study passage 
A)  Decreasing the ISI between the test word and the prime 
B)  Presenting the study passage at a louder volume 
C)  Increasing the ISI between the test word and the prime 
D)  Presenting the study passage text on the screen along with the auditory presentation of the study passage

Question 2

Which scenario describes a crossmodal task?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants primed with an image of a horse must decide if the letter sequence they see next is a word or a non-word. 
B)  Participants hear the sentence John jumped in the water, and must decide if the letter sequence they see next is a word or a non-word. 
C)  After hearing the word anger, participants are asked to say as many semantically related words as possible in 30 seconds. 
D)  After seeing a series of various dog faces, participants are asked to categorize visually presented words as animal or object. 
A)  Participants primed with an image of a horse must decide if the letter sequence they see next is a word or a non-word. 
B)  Participants hear the sentence John jumped in the water, and must decide if the letter sequence they see next is a word or a non-word. 
C)  After hearing the word anger, participants are asked to say as many semantically related words as possible in 30 seconds. 
D)  After seeing a series of various dog faces, participants are asked to categorize visually presented words as animal or object.

Question 3

Imagine that your child is learning a popular holiday song, and instead of singing "All of the other reindeer," she has learned the words as "Olive, the other reindeer." This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  the rhyme effect. 
B)  a homograph. 
C)  a mondegreen. 
D)  the Ganong effect. 
A)  the rhyme effect. 
B)  a homograph. 
C)  a mondegreen. 
D)  the Ganong effect.

In Swinney's 1979 crossmodal priming study, which condition led to decreased activation of the test word's meaning that was not primed?

Which scenario describes a crossmodal task?

Imagine that your child is learning a popular holiday song, and instead of singing "All of the other reindeer," she has learned the words as "Olive, the other reindeer." This is an example of

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Exam 7: Word Recognition

In Swinney's 1979 crossmodal priming study, which condition led to decreased activation of the test word's meaning that was not primed?

Which scenario describes a crossmodal task?

Imagine that your child is learning a popular holiday song, and instead of singing "All of the other reindeer," she has learned the words as "Olive, the other reindeer." This is an example of

Origins of Human Language

Language and the Brain

Learning Sound Patterns

Learning Words

Learning the Structure of Sentences

Speech Perception

Understanding Sentence Structure and Meaning

Filters