Tip of the tongue phenomenon

ma psychology
sub - cognitive psychology
sem 1

1. “The word has stuck on the tip of my tongue” “Give me 2 min and I will get it” “I swear I know it just not able to pronounce” “ Why is it stuck in my tongue?”

2. This Feeling of tension, frustration, this effort to get that word out… Can you recall it ?

3. TIP OF THE TONGUE PHENOMENON AKANKSHA SHINDE 1960s

4. Tip of the tongue phenomenon is one kind of metacognition.

5. What am I thinking ?

6. Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon • Tip of the tongue phenomenon is the subjective feeling that people have of being confident that they know the target word for which they are searching, yet they cannot recall this word. [Roger brown and David McNeill] • They are somewhat able to recall words of similar sounds and meaning, but never the actual word they are seeking . Accompanied by blockers called as ‘ugly sisters’ ex- density and intensity, fixture and texture

7. Happens to all of us, at least once a week TOT is an experience with memory recollection involving difficulty retrieving a well-known word or familiar name. The failure to retrieve a word from memory, combined with partial recall and the feeling that retrieval is imminent We know the word but it just won’t come to the surface Temporary inaccessibility

8. ACTUAL PROCESS BRAIN – Network of nodes [clusters of neuron] While retrieving word - 2 types of clusters – meaning clusters and sound clusters In TOT you get access to meaning clusters but cant get connected to sound cluster You struggle to get connected to sound cluster That’s why you can describe the characteristics of word just cant pronounce it Recalling 1 word Forms 1 path Ex- path in woods; the more its used, the more defined the path gets.

9. What to do? Researchers have found that giving a person in a TOT state a hint about the word, helps them establish right connections in brain. Next time it will be easier for them to come up with the word. Ex- path in woods; the more its used, the more defined the path gets.

10. METACOMPREHENSION AKANKSHA SHINDE

11. Do you know what you don’t know? Do you think about your own thinking? Have you ever been reading a book or watching a movie and suddenly realized that time has gone by and you have not understood a thing that you have just read or seen?

12. When you make that realization you are using your metacomprehensive skills. So how does metacomprehension fit in? According to Sally N, Stanford, 1984, metacomprehension is simply, “the awareness of and conscious control over one's own understanding or lack of it.”

13. Metacomprehension is a type of metacognition. comprehension of many things like comprehending deeper meanings in film or art . Our thought about comprehension Identify when we not understand anything Ability to judge our own learning Knowing how to employ strategies to clear our misunderstanding when this occurs.

14. Stages of metacomprehension Sally N. Stanford suggests that metacomprehension can be broken out into four categories . In category one we have  High Comprehension and High Metacomprehension.  This means you know something and are aware that you know. For example you are given a problem to solve and you are correct in knowing that you solved it correctly. In category two we have  Low Comprehension and High Metacomprehension.  Here we say to ourselves, “I don’t know and I know I don’t know.” We are aware that we don’t understand.

15. In category three we have  High Comprehension and Low Metacomprehension . In this case we know the answer but do not know we know the answer. If you are a teacher, you will know this student. She always knows the answer but she has to ask you if she is right every time. In category four we have  Low Comprehension and Low Metacomprehension . This is where  “The Hack”  lives. Here we are sure we know, but in fact we do not and we are unaware that we do not.

16. Improving metacomprehensive skills will promote better learning.

17. Thank you