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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 |