LYCEUMOFALABANG

PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

PRE FINALS MODULE ACTIVITY 2

NAME: DEO, DANILYN L. SECTION: BS PSYCH 2-2A2

QUESTIONS:

1. Is the lexicon really like a Dictionary? Explain.

- Although they are commonly used interchangeably, the terms "lexicon" and
"dictionary" are not the same thing. Despite the fact that both lexicons and
dictionaries offer information about words, there are some differences
between them.

A lexicon is the collective vocabulary or word bank of a language. It

encompasses all of a language's words, phrases, and articulations, as well as
its uses, connotations, and linguistic characteristics. The lexicon serves as a
summary of a language's whole vocabulary in this sense.

On the other hand, a dictionary is a book or other source that offers details
on terms. It frequently includes definitions, elocutions, historical contexts,
use examples, and occasionally additional information like equivalents,
antonyms, and word origins.

2. How does semantic priming occur in Psycholinguistics?

- In psycholinguistics, a phenomenon known as semantic priming occurs
when the activation of a specific word or concept (the prime) makes it easier
to process and recognize a related word or concept (the target). As such, the
presence of an excellent word impacts the handling of a resulting word that
is semantically connected with it.
The spread of activation within the mental network of related concepts in
our memory is what results in semantic priming. The semantic
representations associated with a prime word are activated in our memory
when it is encountered. This activation spreads to other concepts that are
related to it, making them easier to get to and more readily available for
processing.