click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Psy of Language-CH 3
Psychological Mechanisms
Question | Answer |
---|---|
working memeory | a temporary repository of information that is relevant for ongoing cognitive tasks |
long term memory | as a memory structure that holds permanent knowledge |
semantic memory | our organized knowledge of words,concepts,symbols and objects |
episodic memory | our experience from our personal perspective |
object permanence | children's understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be perceived |
speech perception module | the best candidate for the status of a special language module |
parallel process | distruibuted processing views that the mind as simultaneously processing a large amount of information |
modularity theorists | regard language as one of a series of distinct modules |
automatic tasks | tasks that do not require substantial resources |
serial processing | if a group of processes takes place one at a time |