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1. All the words you know-the ones you read, write, and speak out loud-are store

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Question

1. All the words you know-the ones you read, write, and speak out loud-are stored in the a. mental dictionary b. verbal catalogue c. a mental lexicon 2. The lexical decision task suggests that our system of verbal organization stores the words suburbs and subconscious a. closer together than suburbs and lawns. b. further apart than suburbs and lawns. c. in close proximity to subordinate, subway, and subpar. 3. In the lexical decision task, if the word trapeze follows the word circus, the response time to trapeze will be a. longer than if trapeze followed closet. b. shorter than if trapeze followed closet. C- the same time as if trapeze followed closet. 4. Why are lexical decision times decreased if the second word is semantically-related to the first word? a. People read the second word faster than the first word. b. Every word in the mental lexicon is fully activated. c. The second word is semantically primed by the activation of the first word.

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 c) mental lexicon

The mental lexicon is considered as a mental dictionary that stores all the information concerning the use of word , such as its meaning , pronounciation , etc.