PSY246: Phonological Loop- American Sign Language- Psychology Assignment Help

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Task: Wilson & Emmorey (1998) investigated the equivalent of the “phonological loop” in spoken language for sign language (American Sign Language, ASL). Answer the following 4 questions relating to this article. Each answer should be a couple of sentences (not bullet points) within the word limit given for each question. Your answer should be expressed succinctly in your own words, and not a verbatim copy of the text. Aim of the assignment • This assignment is an exercise in analytic reading of a journal article in experimental psychology. The questions are set with the aim of guiding you along what to look for when reading a journal article in depth. • Journal articles in the APA style have a set structure (Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion), and the 4 questions follow that structure. Q1 asks about the background and the aim of the study (what do we already know, and what don’t we know yet? what did the authors set out to investigate and how, in broad terms), Q2 asks more specifically how their hypothesis was operationalized, Q3 asks about the results found, and Q4 the interpretation/implication of the findings in a broader context. That said, you do need to read the whole article. Questions 1. Describe the word length effect in spoken language, referring to how the “articulatory suppression” manipulation impacts on the effect, and what these results can tell us about the nature of rehearsal process in the phonological loop. Explain its implication for the phonological loop. According to the authors, should the effect be limited to the speech modality? (4 marks, limit 100 words) 2. Describe the experimental design i.e., describe briefly what the participants were asked to do (what was the experimental task), what was the dependent variable (DV), what were the independent variables (IV), and the levels in each of the IVs? Describe how they were manipulated. (4 marks, limit 150 words) 3. Summarize the critical results shown in Figure 2 in words (no need to refer to the F- values and p-values here). Are these results consistent with what has been found with spoken language? (3 marks, limit 50 words) 4. In the Discussion under The Nature of Articulatory Rehearsal, the authors discuss the implication of their results for the debate regarding the nature of factors responsible for the word length effect for spoken language. Describe the debate and the evidence relating to the debate in spoken language, and the implication of the present findings for this debate. (4 marks, limit 150 words)