Question 1

Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971) found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

Accepted Answer

A)  present versus future 
B)  singular versus plural 
C)  affirmative versus negative 
D)  all of the above 
A)  present versus future 
B)  singular versus plural 
C)  affirmative versus negative 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

Lennenberg (1967) hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood) based on evidence that:

Accepted Answer

A)  damage to the right hemisphere in the first two years of life resulted in as much disruption of speech development as damage to the left hemisphere 
B)  isolated and feral children were eventually able to learn some language 
C)  infant brains are better able to reorganize function after injury 
D)  removal of the right hemisphere results in less language disruption than removal of the right hemisphere. 
A)  damage to the right hemisphere in the first two years of life resulted in as much disruption of speech development as damage to the left hemisphere 
B)  isolated and feral children were eventually able to learn some language 
C)  infant brains are better able to reorganize function after injury 
D)  removal of the right hemisphere results in less language disruption than removal of the right hemisphere.

Question 3

__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

Accepted Answer

A)  Agraphia 
B)  Pure word deafness 
C)  Alexia 
D)  Aggrammatism 
A)  Agraphia 
B)  Pure word deafness 
C)  Alexia 
D)  Aggrammatism

Question 4

Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the omission of articles, conjunctions and grammatical inflections 
B)  fluent speech that has little informational values 
C)  speech that is neither grammatic nor fluent 
D)  speech that is initially agrammatic and disfluent, but which can be self-corrected by the patient with minimal coaching. 
A)  the omission of articles, conjunctions and grammatical inflections 
B)  fluent speech that has little informational values 
C)  speech that is neither grammatic nor fluent 
D)  speech that is initially agrammatic and disfluent, but which can be self-corrected by the patient with minimal coaching.

Question 5

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

Accepted Answer

A)  corpus callosum 
B)  arcuate fasciculus 
C)  angular gyrus 
D)  left cerebral hemisphere 
A)  corpus callosum 
B)  arcuate fasciculus 
C)  angular gyrus 
D)  left cerebral hemisphere

Question 6

Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n) ___________ gesture.

Accepted Answer

A)  interactive 
B)  receptive 
C)  paragrammatic 
D)  referential 
A)  interactive 
B)  receptive 
C)  paragrammatic 
D)  referential

Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971) found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

Lennenberg (1967) hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood) based on evidence that:

__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n) ___________ gesture.

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Linguistic Principle

Psychological Mechanisms

Perception of Language

The Internal Lexicon

Sentence Comprehension and Memory

Discourse Comprehension and Memory

Production of Speech and Language

Conversational Interaction

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Processes of Language Acquisition

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Exam 13: Biological Foundations of Language

Gazzaniga and Hillyard (1971) found that the right hemisphere of split-brain patients adequately dealt with which grammatical distinction?

Lennenberg (1967) hypothesized that hemispheric differences did not exist at birth (i.e., developed throughout childhood) based on evidence that:

__________refers to a dissociation between the brain's visual regions and language areas.

Agrammatic speech is characterized by:

Conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:

Holding up one finger to express that a speaker is not finished speaking is an example of a(n) ___________ gesture.

Introduction-Themes of Psycholinguistics

Linguistic Principle

Psychological Mechanisms

Perception of Language

The Internal Lexicon

Sentence Comprehension and Memory

Discourse Comprehension and Memory

Production of Speech and Language

Conversational Interaction

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Processes of Language Acquisition

Language, Culture, and Cognition

Filters