Cognitive Psychology

noun a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

• The novel is often described as a modern fairy tale with its themes of love and redemption.
• I love watching Disney fairy tale movies with happy endings.
• That party last night was like something out of a fairy tale, it was so much fun!
• Her success story seemed like a fairy tale come true, but it was the result of years of hard work.

noun the study of the sounds of a language, including their distribution and patterns

• The study of phonology is crucial in understanding the sound system of a language.
• Learning about phonology can help you improve your pronunciation.
• I never really understood all that phonology stuff in language class.
• Just like how phonology analyzes sounds, we can analyze the different tones in a conversation.

noun A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often with humorous results

• A spoonerism is a linguistic error in which the initial sounds of two words are swapped.
• My friend always makes spoonerisms when he's tired and talking too fast.
• I love to create spoonerisms for fun, it always makes people laugh.
• The comedian's jokes were like spoonerisms, turning words around to create humor.

adjective describing someone who is not observant or attentive

• The unobservant driver failed to notice the stop sign.
• She's so unobservant, she didn't even realize her phone was missing.
• My friend is super unobservant, he walked right past the hidden treasure.
• Being unobservant in life can lead to missing out on important opportunities.

noun a mnemonic device for aiding memory

adjective relating to or affecting the lungs

• The doctor explained the pneumonic symptoms to the patient in great detail.
• I heard that Sarah was diagnosed with a pneumonic infection.
• My brother caught a bad pneumonic cold and has been feeling miserable.
• The company's financial troubles were like a pneumonic weight on the CEO's shoulders.

noun a type of perceptual phenomenon related to attention and memory

• Change blindness is a phenomenon in which people fail to notice changes in a visual scene.
• Did you know about change blindness? It's when you don't notice changes in a picture or scene.
• Change blindness is like when you're so focused on one thing that you miss the changes happening around you.
• Change blindness is like wearing blinders that prevent you from seeing the bigger picture.