Question 1

Comprehenders consider:

Accepted Answer

A)  only one candidate for the referent of a pronoun. 
B)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic cues to select a referent. 
C)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use syntactic cues to select a referent. 
D)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic and syntactic cues to select a referent. 
A)  only one candidate for the referent of a pronoun. 
B)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic cues to select a referent. 
C)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use syntactic cues to select a referent. 
D)  multiple candidates for the referent of a pronoun and use semantic and syntactic cues to select a referent.

Question 2

Caplan et al.(2000)found greater activation in _____ with center-embedded sentences.

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's area 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  Brodmann area 10 
D)  Brodmann area 17 
A)  Broca's area 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  Brodmann area 10 
D)  Brodmann area 17

Question 3

What is the principle of immediacy of interpretation?

Accepted Answer

It is a principle stating that

Question 4

_____ refers to maintaining attention to the linguistic input.

Accepted Answer

A)  Comprehension 
B)  Perception 
C)  Parsing 
D)  Utilization 
A)  Comprehension 
B)  Perception 
C)  Parsing 
D)  Utilization

Question 5

According to the principle of immediacy of interpretation,we immediately interpret _____ as we encounter them.

Accepted Answer

A)  words 
B)  verbs 
C)  nouns 
D)  concrete nouns 
A)  words 
B)  verbs 
C)  nouns 
D)  concrete nouns

Question 6

Resolution of a pronoun reference lasts beyond the reading of the pronoun itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Listeners process a negative by first processing the negation and then the embedded supposition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The _____ is an indicant of difficulty in semantic processing.

Accepted Answer

A)  N400 
B)  N600 
C)  P400 
D)  P600 
A)  N400 
B)  N600 
C)  P400 
D)  P600

Question 9

The order of the three stages of language comprehension is:

Accepted Answer

A)  parsing,perception,utilization. 
B)  parsing,utilization,perception. 
C)  perception,parsing,utilization. 
D)  utilization,parsing,perception. 
A)  parsing,perception,utilization. 
B)  parsing,utilization,perception. 
C)  perception,parsing,utilization. 
D)  utilization,parsing,perception.

Question 10

Loftus and Zanni (1975)found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  choice of article affects listeners' beliefs. 
B)  choice of article does not affect listeners' beliefs. 
C)  using the article a affects listeners' beliefs. 
D)  using the article the affects listeners' beliefs. 
A)  choice of article affects listeners' beliefs. 
B)  choice of article does not affect listeners' beliefs. 
C)  using the article a affects listeners' beliefs. 
D)  using the article the affects listeners' beliefs.

Question 11

When we read,we pause between:

Accepted Answer

A)  words. 
B)  phrases. 
C)  clauses. 
D)  sentences. 
A)  words. 
B)  phrases. 
C)  clauses. 
D)  sentences.

Question 12

The sentence "The bass is a dull gray" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

Accepted Answer

A)  parsing 
B)  permanent 
C)  transient 
D)  utilization 
A)  parsing 
B)  permanent 
C)  transient 
D)  utilization

Question 13

Gina is looking at the bus schedule.She needs to go to the mall to buy a dress to wear to the prom.The sentence "Gina is going to buy a dress" corresponds to Kintsch's:

Accepted Answer

A)  surface level. 
B)  propositional level. 
C)  situational model. 
D)  unambiguous level. 
A)  surface level. 
B)  propositional level. 
C)  situational model. 
D)  unambiguous level.

Question 14

What evidence suggests that the identification of constituent structure is important to parsing?

Accepted Answer

Graf and Torrey (1966)found that partici

Question 15

Broca's area is usually found to be more active when individuals deal with:

Accepted Answer

A)  simple sentences. 
B)  complex sentences. 
C)  semantic ambiguities. 
D)  syntactic ambiguities. 
A)  simple sentences. 
B)  complex sentences. 
C)  semantic ambiguities. 
D)  syntactic ambiguities.

Question 16

Describe the Graf and Torrey (1966)experiment on parsing.What do the findings suggest?

Accepted Answer

•Graf and Torrey (1966)presented sentenc

Question 17

What is a center-embedded sentence? Provide two examples.

Accepted Answer

A center-embedded sentence is

Question 18

The basic units of a sentence are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  words. 
B)  phrases. 
C)  clauses. 
D)  constituents. 
A)  words. 
B)  phrases. 
C)  clauses. 
D)  constituents.

Question 19

Which is the event-related potentials (ERP)wave that is measured shortly after a word in a sentence is processed? The magnitude of this wave is an indication of how much effort is being put into the processing of the word.

Accepted Answer

A)  A3 
B)  Q1 
C)  N400 
D)  QRS 
A)  A3 
B)  Q1 
C)  N400 
D)  QRS

Question 20

Compare the modularity and interactive-processing positions.Which position is correct? Why?

Accepted Answer

•The modularity position maintains that

Comprehenders consider:

Caplan et al.(2000)found greater activation in _____ with center-embedded sentences.

What is the principle of immediacy of interpretation?

_____ refers to maintaining attention to the linguistic input.

According to the principle of immediacy of interpretation,we immediately interpret _____ as we encounter them.

Resolution of a pronoun reference lasts beyond the reading of the pronoun itself.

Listeners process a negative by first processing the negation and then the embedded supposition.

The _____ is an indicant of difficulty in semantic processing.

The order of the three stages of language comprehension is:

Loftus and Zanni (1975)found that:

When we read,we pause between:

The sentence "The bass is a dull gray" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

Gina is looking at the bus schedule.She needs to go to the mall to buy a dress to wear to the prom.The sentence "Gina is going to buy a dress" corresponds to Kintsch's:

What evidence suggests that the identification of constituent structure is important to parsing?

Broca's area is usually found to be more active when individuals deal with:

Describe the Graf and Torrey (1966)experiment on parsing.What do the findings suggest?

What is a center-embedded sentence? Provide two examples.

The basic units of a sentence are called:

Which is the event-related potentials (ERP)wave that is measured shortly after a word in a sentence is processed? The magnitude of this wave is an indication of how much effort is being put into the processing of the word.

Compare the modularity and interactive-processing positions.Which position is correct? Why?

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Exam 13: Language Comprehension

Comprehenders consider:

Caplan et al.(2000)found greater activation in _____ with center-embedded sentences.

What is the principle of immediacy of interpretation?

_____ refers to maintaining attention to the linguistic input.

According to the principle of immediacy of interpretation,we immediately interpret _____ as we encounter them.

Resolution of a pronoun reference lasts beyond the reading of the pronoun itself.

Listeners process a negative by first processing the negation and then the embedded supposition.

The _____ is an indicant of difficulty in semantic processing.

The order of the three stages of language comprehension is:

Loftus and Zanni (1975)found that:

When we read,we pause between:

The sentence "The bass is a dull gray" is an example of a _____ ambiguity.

Gina is looking at the bus schedule.She needs to go to the mall to buy a dress to wear to the prom.The sentence "Gina is going to buy a dress" corresponds to Kintsch's:

What evidence suggests that the identification of constituent structure is important to parsing?

Broca's area is usually found to be more active when individuals deal with:

Describe the Graf and Torrey (1966)experiment on parsing.What do the findings suggest?

What is a center-embedded sentence? Provide two examples.

The basic units of a sentence are called:

Which is the event-related potentials (ERP)wave that is measured shortly after a word in a sentence is processed? The magnitude of this wave is an indication of how much effort is being put into the processing of the word.

Compare the modularity and interactive-processing positions.Which position is correct? Why?

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Representation of Knowledge

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Reasoning

Decision Making

Language Structure

Individual Differences in Cognition

Filters