Psy357 Exam 1 UPDATED Study ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
field that studies the structures and use of language - CORRECT ANSWER linguistics
field of psychology that studies mental processes and respresentations - CORRECT
ANSWER cognitive psychology
field that studies the manner in which the human mind processes language - CORRECT
ANSWER pscyholinguistics
interdisciplinary field that studies minds and mental processes - CORRECT
ANSWER modern cognitive science
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the meaning of words
syntax - CORRECT ANSWER the study of word order
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the sounds of language
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of language use
analytic introspection: who developed it as a technique and what was it? how did behaviorists
like Watson react to it - CORRECT ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt developed analytic
introspection - participants describe their mental process while doing a task.
Watson believed it was not valid because it could not be observed making it impossible to
disprove.
how did one person both begin and then nearly end forever the scientific practice of a
cognitive psycholinguistics? - CORRECT ANSWER Wundt - valid study is observing
behavior
, how do empiricism and nativism relate to the nature/nurture debate in cognitive psychology
>what side of the debate do Watson, Skinner, and Chomsky fall on - CORRECT
ANSWER >empiricists (Nurture) - Watson, Skinner - knowledge comes from
experience
>nativists (Nature) - Chomsky - equipped with innate knowledge
key developments that led to the decline of behaviorism - CORRECT
ANSWER Skinner wrote verbal behavior and Chomsky wrote a critique for it,
behaviors lost a lot of power in psy department - skinner thought language came from
behavior imitation only, and chomsky pointed out mental and cognitive ability of language
describe the poverty of the stimulus argument - CORRECT ANSWER Chomsky
argued the poverty of stimulus argument: Stimulus carried enough for us to learn language (
weren't able to learn enough from imitation ) they must have some innate mental mechanism
that allows us to learn language that quickly.
data-collection procedure, identify that technique with linguistics, psychology, rationalism,
and or empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER Rationalists emphasize the role of innate
factors in human behavior ; use arguments well.
Empiricists stress the role of experience in behavior and favor the collection of data.
>linguists: rationalists
>psychologists: empiricists
Derivational Theory of Complexity - CORRECT ANSWER if transformational
grammar theory explains the way human minds process language, then we can predict how
difficult it will be for people to understand sentences.
psycholinguistics moved away from linguistics (1970)
Transformational grammar theory - CORRECT ANSWER Theory of the structure of
language
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
field that studies the structures and use of language - CORRECT ANSWER linguistics
field of psychology that studies mental processes and respresentations - CORRECT
ANSWER cognitive psychology
field that studies the manner in which the human mind processes language - CORRECT
ANSWER pscyholinguistics
interdisciplinary field that studies minds and mental processes - CORRECT
ANSWER modern cognitive science
semantics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the meaning of words
syntax - CORRECT ANSWER the study of word order
phonology - CORRECT ANSWER the study of the sounds of language
pragmatics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of language use
analytic introspection: who developed it as a technique and what was it? how did behaviorists
like Watson react to it - CORRECT ANSWER Wilhelm Wundt developed analytic
introspection - participants describe their mental process while doing a task.
Watson believed it was not valid because it could not be observed making it impossible to
disprove.
how did one person both begin and then nearly end forever the scientific practice of a
cognitive psycholinguistics? - CORRECT ANSWER Wundt - valid study is observing
behavior
, how do empiricism and nativism relate to the nature/nurture debate in cognitive psychology
>what side of the debate do Watson, Skinner, and Chomsky fall on - CORRECT
ANSWER >empiricists (Nurture) - Watson, Skinner - knowledge comes from
experience
>nativists (Nature) - Chomsky - equipped with innate knowledge
key developments that led to the decline of behaviorism - CORRECT
ANSWER Skinner wrote verbal behavior and Chomsky wrote a critique for it,
behaviors lost a lot of power in psy department - skinner thought language came from
behavior imitation only, and chomsky pointed out mental and cognitive ability of language
describe the poverty of the stimulus argument - CORRECT ANSWER Chomsky
argued the poverty of stimulus argument: Stimulus carried enough for us to learn language (
weren't able to learn enough from imitation ) they must have some innate mental mechanism
that allows us to learn language that quickly.
data-collection procedure, identify that technique with linguistics, psychology, rationalism,
and or empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER Rationalists emphasize the role of innate
factors in human behavior ; use arguments well.
Empiricists stress the role of experience in behavior and favor the collection of data.
>linguists: rationalists
>psychologists: empiricists
Derivational Theory of Complexity - CORRECT ANSWER if transformational
grammar theory explains the way human minds process language, then we can predict how
difficult it will be for people to understand sentences.
psycholinguistics moved away from linguistics (1970)
Transformational grammar theory - CORRECT ANSWER Theory of the structure of
language
