Psychology 405 (Spring, 2014): Unit VI
(Note: The following is a guide to what you should know. To help you
locate items, these are presented in
roughly the order in which they were talked about in class.
Identifications on the test will ALWAYS be from this list.)
From the Lectures:
Clark collaborative communication
model common ground
positive evidence (of grounding)
entrainment conceptual
pacts Grice
cooperative principle maxim of
quantity maxim of
quality maxim of
relation maxim of
manner Brennan &
Clark
language game (referential communication task)
basic level subordinate level
Isaacs & Clark
experts non-experts
MLU
audience design Keysar monitoring
& adjustment model Brown & Dell
instrumental inference Typical
Instrument Atypical Instrument
informative drawing uninformative
drawing confederate
Barr & Keysar linguistic
precedent typical name
unusual name
partner specific adjustment partner-independent
adjustment Lockridge &
Brennan visual
co-presence Metzing &
Brennan Eve Clark
Principle of Contrast overhearer Schober
& Clark early
overhearer late
overhearer Overhearer
Deficit co-presence
Čech & Raine CMC (computer-mediated
communication) Lexical Precision
Hypothesis Regular
Overhearer Chatterer
Overhears All
Fox Tree Dialogue
Monologue Dialogue Superiority
Effect speech rate
number of perspectives Čech & Albarado
Clark & Schaefer private
key communal key
personal key concealment
group indifference
group predictions of accuracy
Čech, Melvin, & Albarado monologue
entrainment accumulating common
ground increased
efficiency getting lazy (relaxing standards)
sensitizing directors