Semantics

Question 1

What are the three different types of priming? What has the research shown the regarding the effects of these different priming?

Answer 1

• repetition priming
• direct semantic priming
• indirect semantic priming

repetition>direct>indirect

Question 2

What are the 6 versions of the Pyramids and Palm Trees test?

Answer 2

• 3 pictures
• 3 written words
• 1 written word + 2 pictures
• 1 picture + 2 written words
• 1 spoken word + 2 pictures
• 1 spoken word + 2 written words

Question 3

How would an impairment to object semantics affect performance on the different PPT tests?

Answer 3

• impaired on 3 picture version
• impaired on spoken/written word picture versions
• possibly spared on 3 written word version
• possibly spared on written words to spoken word version

Question 4

How would an impairment to the communication between the semantic systems (lexical and object) affect performance on the different PPT tests?

Answer 4

• impaired on spoken/written word to picture versions
• spared on 3 written word and 3 picture versions
• spared on the spoken to written word version

Question 5

How would an impairment to lexical semantics affect performance on the different PPT tests?

Answer 5

• spared on 3 pictures version
• impaired on spoken/written word to picture versions
• impaired on spoken to written word version
• impaired on 3 written word version

Question 6

List some parameters to manipulate in semantic therapy?

Answer 6

1. word frequency
2. word imageability
3. semantic relatedness of distractors
4. number of distractors
5. input modality
6. top-down vs. bottom-up processing
7. output modality