Psycholinguistics (PSY 369)
REVIEW FOR EXAM 3


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.

Concepts and vocabulary to know
Accommodation
Acoustic phonetics
Ambiguity in comprehension
Anaphoric reference
Antecedent
Articulatory features
Articulatory Phonetics
Bridging inferences
Bursts
Capacity theory of comprehension
Cataphoric reference
Categorical perception
Coarticulation
Coherence
Cohesion
Constructive model of comprehension
Elaboration
Embodied representations
Eye-movements
Fixations
Formant transitions
Formants
Garden path sentences
Given/new distinction
Global discourse structure
Graphemes
Inferences
Interactive activation model
Interactivity
Intonation
Lack of invariance
Late closure
Linearity of speech signal
Local discourse structure
Manner of articulation
McGurk effect
Minimal attachment
Modularity
Motor theory of speech
Narrative discourse
Orthography
Parallel transmission
Parsing
Parsing strategies

Perceptual span
 Phonemic restoration
Phonemic similarity effect
Place of articulation
Propositions
Prosodic factors
Rate normalization
Reading span task
Saccades
Schemata
Scripts
Situational model
Smooth pursuit
Speaker normalization
Spectogram
Speech rate
Story grammar
Stress
Surface representations
Template matching
Voice onset time
Word superiority effect

Researchers' names to know (and their research and/or theories)

Language Comprehension
Bartlett
Bransford
Clark
Frazier
Kintsch
Liberman
Sachs
Warren


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