Psycholinguistics (PSY 369)
REVIEW FOR EXAM 1


The standard disclaimer applies. Here is a list of potential topics on the exam. If something that was in the book and/or discussed in class isn't on this list, it may still show up on the exam. And, just because something is on this list, doesn't mean that it will be on the exam. This list is only meant to supplement your review of the textbook and of your lecture notes.

Agrammatism
Allophones
Aphasia
Arbitrariness
Associative chain theory
Automatic processes
Basic-level terms
Behaviorism
Bottom up processing
Bound morpheme
Category-size effect
Chomsky
Chunking
Close-class words
Cognitive econcomy
Cognitive psychology
Cohort model
Connontation
Constituent
Content words
Controlled processes
Coordination
Declarative memory
Deep structure
Denotation
Derivational morpheme
Derivational theory of complexity
Descriptive adequacy
Discourse
Distinctive features
Duality of patterning
Echoic memory
Empiricism
Episodic memory
Explanatory adequacy
Free morpheme
Function words
George Miller
Grammar
Hierarchical network
Hypernymy
Hyponymy
Iconic memory
Inflectional morpheme
Intersection search
Lashley
Lemma
Lexical access
Lexical ambiguity
Lexical decision task
Lexical insertion rules
Lexicon
Limited capacity
Linguistics
Logogen
Long term memory
Manner of articulation
Mental model
Meronymy
Modularity
Morphology
Observational adequacy
Open-class words
Parallel processing
Pattern recognition
Phoneme monitoring
Phonemes
Phones
Phonology
Phrase-structure rules
Place of articulation
Pragmatics
Procedural memory
Productivity
Psycholinguistics
Psychological reality
Rationalism
Reciprocity
Recognition point
Recursion
Reference
Search model
Semantic memory
Semantic network
Semantic priming
Semantic verification task
Semantics
Sense
Sensory memory
Serial processing
Short term memory
Sperling
Spreading activation
Surface structure
Synonymy
Syntactic category
Syntax
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
Top down processing
Transformational grammar
Truth condition
Typicality effect
Word frequency
Working memory
Wundt

I also strongly recommend that you pay attention to the review questions at the end of each chapter in the book.

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