PSYCH 375 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Semantics. Answer: Rules governing language meaning and grammar
⩥ Phonemes. Answer: The basic units of speech sounds in a
language.ex: Changing the phoneme in the word "cat" from /k/ to /b/
would change it to "bat."
⩥ Pragmatics. Answer: Social language rules (e.g., sarcasm
comprehension)
⩥ Morphemes. Answer: Smallest meaningful language units
ex. -ing
⩥ Syntax. Answer: Word sequence structure
ex: Changing the word order in the sentence "The dog chased the cat" to
"The cat chased the dog" alters the subject-object relationship and
changes the meaning of the sentence.
⩥ Noam Chomsky. Answer: We process language differently than other
cognitive tasks
,⩥ Surface structure. Answer: Language characteristics visible (e.g.,
words)
⩥ Deep structure. Answer: Underlying language meaning
⩥ Ambiguity. Answer: One surface structure, multiple deep meanings
⩥ Negatives. Answer: Words like 'not,' 'never' requiring meaning
inversion
⩥ Passive voice. Answer: Subject after verb structure deviation
ex. "the mouse was chased by the cat" instead of "the cat chased the
mouse"
⩥ Syntactic complexity. Answer: Challenging embedded clause
structures
ex. run on sentences
⩥ Good-enough approach. Answer: Processing language adequately, not
exhaustively
, ⩥ Dual-route cascade model of reading. Answer: Two ways to
understand words: direct and indirect access
direct: know visual symbols mean a certain thing
indirect: image -> sound -> meaning
whole word: readers are taught to recognize words as whole units
⩥ Discourse. Answer: Interrelated language unit beyond a sentence
ex. book, chapter
⩥ Theory of mind. Answer: Understanding others' mental states in
stories
⩥ Speech errors. Answer: Various language production mistakes
revealing insights
⩥ Spoonerism. Answer: Switch two sounds and create two different
words that changes meaning of sentence
misspeak but know the right word
⩥ Malapropism. Answer: Use a similarly sounding word in place of
correct one
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Semantics. Answer: Rules governing language meaning and grammar
⩥ Phonemes. Answer: The basic units of speech sounds in a
language.ex: Changing the phoneme in the word "cat" from /k/ to /b/
would change it to "bat."
⩥ Pragmatics. Answer: Social language rules (e.g., sarcasm
comprehension)
⩥ Morphemes. Answer: Smallest meaningful language units
ex. -ing
⩥ Syntax. Answer: Word sequence structure
ex: Changing the word order in the sentence "The dog chased the cat" to
"The cat chased the dog" alters the subject-object relationship and
changes the meaning of the sentence.
⩥ Noam Chomsky. Answer: We process language differently than other
cognitive tasks
,⩥ Surface structure. Answer: Language characteristics visible (e.g.,
words)
⩥ Deep structure. Answer: Underlying language meaning
⩥ Ambiguity. Answer: One surface structure, multiple deep meanings
⩥ Negatives. Answer: Words like 'not,' 'never' requiring meaning
inversion
⩥ Passive voice. Answer: Subject after verb structure deviation
ex. "the mouse was chased by the cat" instead of "the cat chased the
mouse"
⩥ Syntactic complexity. Answer: Challenging embedded clause
structures
ex. run on sentences
⩥ Good-enough approach. Answer: Processing language adequately, not
exhaustively
, ⩥ Dual-route cascade model of reading. Answer: Two ways to
understand words: direct and indirect access
direct: know visual symbols mean a certain thing
indirect: image -> sound -> meaning
whole word: readers are taught to recognize words as whole units
⩥ Discourse. Answer: Interrelated language unit beyond a sentence
ex. book, chapter
⩥ Theory of mind. Answer: Understanding others' mental states in
stories
⩥ Speech errors. Answer: Various language production mistakes
revealing insights
⩥ Spoonerism. Answer: Switch two sounds and create two different
words that changes meaning of sentence
misspeak but know the right word
⩥ Malapropism. Answer: Use a similarly sounding word in place of
correct one
