Question 1

The P600, also known as the SPS, is an ERP component that is sensitive to the violation of expectations based mostly on

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A)   the physical appearance of words.
B)   the pronunciation of words.
C)   semantics.
D)   syntax.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The observation that we can understand the speech of different speakers, regardless of variations in the pitches of the speakers' voices, the speakers' rates of speech, and the speakers' dialects, indicates that

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A)   the prosodic components of speech have little functional significance in speech comprehension.
B)   the recognition of spoken words depends on orthography rather than other aspects of language.
C)   speech comprehension involves semantic analysis of words rather than phonological analysis of words.
D)   speech recognition cannot rely on the direct matching of specific sounds to language representations in memory.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

The Spanish language uses the logographic system for written words.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Generative theories of language evolution suggest a connection between speech and what other human communication form? Provide evidence to support this view.

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Generative theories of language evolutio...

Question 5

Describe Hagoort's model of language, including its three functional components and the brain areas to which they relate.

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Question 6

specifically refers to the variations in the pitch of a speaker's voice that convey emotion and emphasis in speech.

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A)   Phonology
B)   Prosody
C)   Speech segmentation
D)   OrthographyE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

The symptoms of all of the following neurological language syndromes suggest the disruption of an organized semantic network in which word meanings are stored, EXCEPT

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A)   Wernicke's aphasia.
B)   deep dyslexia.
C)   progressive semantic dementia.
D)   conduction aphasia.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

A patient with dysarthria has trouble

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A)   controlling the muscles that articulate speech sounds.
B)   activating word-form representations based on conceptual knowledge.
C)   converting knowledge about written characters into their sounds.
D)   segmenting speech into separate words.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 9

In studies with implanted electrodes, Sahin and colleagues found that Broca's area processed which elements of language?

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A)   lexical
B)   grammatical
C)   phonological
D)   all of the aboveE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

An aphasic person who makes semantic paraphasia errors in her speech might say " " when she actually intends to say " ."

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A)   kit ; cat
B)   am ; is
C)   cow ; horse
D)   spin ; snipE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Describe Levelt's model of language production. What evidence has been used to support this model?

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Levelt's model of language production is...

Question 12

A patient's symptoms include poor spoken and written comprehension but fluent and reasonably grammatical speech output. Which part of this person's brain is most likely damaged?

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A)   the anterior language areas in the right hemisphere
B)   the posterior language areas in the right hemisphere
C)   the anterior language areas in the left hemisphere
D)   the posterior language areas in the left hemisphereE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

The information that a listener derives from the speech rhythm and pitch of the speaker's voice is referred to as morphological.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is conduction aphasia? What causes this syndrome? How does it differ from Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia?

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Conduction aphasia is a type of language...

Question 15

A current controversy regarding the usefulness of Broca's aphasia as a diagnostic category focuses on the observation that

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A)   there is no strict correspondence between lesions of Broca's area and the symptoms classically associated with Broca's aphasia.
B)   Broca's aphasia is far too frequently diagnosed and may actually subsume other subtypes of aphasia.
C)   Broca's aphasia has been found to occur as a result of right hemisphere injury just as often as left hemisphere injury.
D)   Broca's aphasia is usually a secondary aphasia rather than a selective deficit.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The immediate assignment of syntactic structure of incoming words is known as parsing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A person with conduction aphasia is most likely to have difficulty in

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A)   comprehending spoken language.
B)   speaking fluently.
C)   repeating spoken language.
D)   understanding function words like "if" or "but."E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 18

An early ERP component associated with morphosyntactic violations is the

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A)   LAN.
B)   N400.
C)   MMN.
D)   P600.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

The German neurologist Wernicke found that injury to which region of the brain resulted in poor language comprehension and nonsensical but relatively fluent speech?

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A)   the left arcuate fasciculus
B)   the left posterior and superior temporal lobe
C)   the right inferior frontal lobe
D)   the right medial temporal lobeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

What is a semantic paraphasia? What does this tell us about the way in which words are organized in the mental lexicon?

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A semantic paraphasia is a type of langu...

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An aphasic person who makes semantic paraphasia errors in her speech might say " " when she actually intends to say " ."

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A patient with dysarthria has trouble

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A current controversy regarding the usefulness of Broca's aphasia as a diagnostic category focuses on the observation that

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What is conduction aphasia? What causes this syndrome? How does it differ from Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia?

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specifically refers to the variations in the pitch of a speaker's voice that convey emotion and emphasis in speech.

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An early ERP component associated with morphosyntactic violations is the

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Describe Hagoort's model of language, including its three functional components and the brain areas to which they relate.

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The information that a listener derives from the speech rhythm and pitch of the speaker's voice is referred to as morphological.

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The symptoms of all of the following neurological language syndromes suggest the disruption of an organized semantic network in which word meanings are stored, EXCEPT

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Describe Levelt's model of language production. What evidence has been used to support this model?

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