How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted? What does this lab suggest in the role of top-down processing when reading? What does it reveal about a “web of concepts”?

5-1 Module Five Lab Worksheet

Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. All responses to lab questions should be in your own words or paraphrased.

Word Superiority Lab

Lab Questions
How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted?

What does this lab tell us about reading as a bottom-up or top-down process? What do you think would happen when learning a new language?

Lexical Decision Lab

Lab Questions
How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted?

What does this lab suggest in the role of top-down processing when reading? What does it reveal about a “web of concepts”?

Module Question

These labs are all about recognizing elements of your language quickly and accurately. We tend to think of reading as a passive skill because it’s automatized. What do you think these labs tell us about what needs to happen for artificial intelligence (think Alexa and Siri) to recognize and process language as quickly and efficiently as we do? What do you think we are still better at doing compared to AI when it comes to language?