Paired Associate Memorization Flashcards
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A learner uses the keyword method to remember 'plet = fire' by imagining a plate on fire. Which memory principle does this exploit?
Answer: Elaborative encoding
Elaborative encoding creates a meaningful mental connection between a new word and its meaning, strengthening the memory trace.
Which of the following best describes the format of the recall phase in the MLAT Paired Associates subtest?
Answer: See the artificial word and choose the correct meaning from four options
The recall phase presents each artificial word with four English meaning choices, and the test-taker selects the one studied during the learning phase.
A student scores high on Paired Associates but low on Grammatical Sensitivity. What does this pattern suggest?
Answer: Good rote memory but weak pattern-detection for grammar
This pattern indicates the student excels at memorizing individual items but struggles to notice and use grammatical patterns.
Why might a test-taker who is bilingual NOT necessarily outperform a monolingual on the Paired Associates subtest?
Answer: The test uses artificial words unrelated to any real language
Since the words are invented and meaningless, existing knowledge of multiple languages provides no advantage during the memorization task.
In the MLAT Paired Associates section, what happens if a test-taker skips a word pair during the study phase?
Answer: They are likely to guess randomly on that item during recall
Skipping a pair means the test-taker has no stored information for that item, so recall becomes a random guess among four choices.
The MLAT was developed primarily to predict success in which type of language program?
Answer: Intensive foreign language courses for U.S. government personnel
The MLAT was originally created by Carroll and Sapon to screen U.S. government and military personnel for intensive language training programs.
If you studied 'vorn = house' and 'vorn = tree' appeared as a distractor during recall, selecting the distractor indicates what type of memory error?
Answer: Source monitoring error
A source monitoring error occurs when one cannot correctly identify the origin or details of a memory, leading to selecting an incorrect but related option.