Cognitive psychology and applied linguistics a timely rapprochement

Richard Jackson Harris

Abstract


Abstract: This paper reviews several central theoretical cnstructs in contemporary cognitive psychology and argues that such knowledge can be useful for the applied Iinguist. An example of such a use is then discussed: the study of the way consumers draw inferences about products from advertisements and then remember those inferences as facts. A second example of the influence of the wording of a question on eyewitness memory is also examined.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/0101-3548.4.7.153-164

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