Memory & Recall of Linguistic Information Flashcards
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In language aptitude testing, 'rote learning ability' specifically refers to:
Answer: Memorizing arbitrary form-meaning connections without contextual support
Rote learning ability captures how well a person memorizes arbitrary pairings, such as foreign words and their English equivalents.
A learner is given a list of nonsense syllables paired with numbers and tested 30 minutes later. This task measures:
Answer: Rote associative memory for arbitrary pairings
Nonsense syllable-number pairing isolates rote associative memory by removing any meaningful semantic connection.
Chunking improves recall of linguistic information primarily by:
Answer: Grouping items into meaningful units to reduce memory load
Chunking compresses multiple items into single meaningful units, freeing working memory capacity for more information.
Which of the following would MOST interfere with memory consolidation after studying vocabulary?
Answer: Studying a different but similar language immediately after
Studying a similar second language immediately after causes retroactive interference, disrupting consolidation of the first language's vocabulary.
On the MLAT Paired Associates subtest, which factor LEAST affects a learner's score?
Answer: Knowledge of the target language's grammar
The Paired Associates task uses nonsense syllables, so prior grammatical knowledge of any language is irrelevant to performance.
A student who scores in the 90th percentile on linguistic memory subtests but the 40th percentile on inductive ability would likely excel at:
Answer: Rapid vocabulary acquisition through memorization
High memory scores predict fast vocabulary growth through rote memorization, even without strong analytical language skills.
The 'generation effect' in memory research states that:
Answer: Information you actively generate (produce) is remembered better than information you passively read
Generating information (e.g., writing a word from memory) produces stronger memory traces than passively reading it.