Question 1

Taking into account the time needed to fixate on letters, recognize words, and build local and global structures in working memory, the average reading time is about

Accepted Answer

A) 100-150 words per minute 
B) 250-300 words per minute 
C) 400-450 words per minute 
D) 500-550 words per minute 
A) 100-150 words per minute 
B) 250-300 words per minute 
C) 400-450 words per minute 
D) 500-550 words per minute B

Question 2

A rapid eye movement during reading is called a

Accepted Answer

A) fixation 
B) N400 
C) saccade 
D) P300 
A) fixation 
B) N400 
C) saccade 
D) P300 C

Question 3

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the frontal lobe?

Accepted Answer

A) Broca's area 
B) Wernicke's area 
C) Chomsky's area 
D) Whorf's area 
A) Broca's area 
B) Wernicke's area 
C) Chomsky's area 
D) Whorf's area A

Question 4

Fodor and Bever found that subjects misplace their perception of auditory clicks, hearing them between a noun phrase and a verb phrase.They used this result to argue for the
Psychological reality of

Accepted Answer

A) transformation rules 
B) phrase structure 
C) deep structure 
D) echoic structure 
A) transformation rules 
B) phrase structure 
C) deep structure 
D) echoic structure

Question 5

A symptom of someone with aphasia is

Accepted Answer

A) the inability to speak 
B) the inability to comprehend 
C) lesion or damage to the left hemisphere 
D) all of the above 
A) the inability to speak 
B) the inability to comprehend 
C) lesion or damage to the left hemisphere 
D) all of the above

Question 6

The smallest unit of speech that has meaning is called a

Accepted Answer

A) morpheme 
B) deep structure 
C) phoneme 
D) surface structure 
A) morpheme 
B) deep structure 
C) phoneme 
D) surface structure

Question 7

Which of the following is true of speed-reading (relative to slow, natural reading)?

Accepted Answer

A) It works equally well for every type of text. 
B) It is best viewed as trained skimming. 
C) It allows immediate comprehension of a full paragraph. 
D) It produces superior comprehension as measured by recall tests. 
A) It works equally well for every type of text. 
B) It is best viewed as trained skimming. 
C) It allows immediate comprehension of a full paragraph. 
D) It produces superior comprehension as measured by recall tests.

Question 8

When speakers make accurate judgments on how well their listeners are understanding, and adjust their speeches accordingly, they are showing sensitivity to

Accepted Answer

A) speech acts 
B) propositional content 
C) thematic structure 
D) morphemic structure 
A) speech acts 
B) propositional content 
C) thematic structure 
D) morphemic structure

Question 9

The eye-mind assumption is most directly related to

Accepted Answer

A) information processing during reading fixations 
B) bridging inferences 
C) dyslexia 
D) idiographic writing 
A) information processing during reading fixations 
B) bridging inferences 
C) dyslexia 
D) idiographic writing

Question 10

Explain the concept of a universal grammar and discuss two types of evidence of its existence.

Accepted Answer

The concept of universal grammar is a th

Question 11

Language is known for certain to have developed from gestures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Words compose our ________, the dictionary of long-term memory.

Accepted Answer

A) episodic memory 
B) procedural memory 
C) mental lexicon 
D) syntactic memory 
A) episodic memory 
B) procedural memory 
C) mental lexicon 
D) syntactic memory

Question 13

The property of language in which a single word has multiple meanings is called

Accepted Answer

A) polysemy 
B) polygamy 
C) productivity 
D) anaphora 
A) polysemy 
B) polygamy 
C) productivity 
D) anaphora

Question 14

When Paula talks to her co-worker, Doug, at lunch, or her friend Diane, at the gym, she raises topics that are appropriate to the conversation.This illustrates

Accepted Answer

A) conversational implicatures 
B) turn-taking 
C) the cooperative principle 
D) the coarticulation principle 
A) conversational implicatures 
B) turn-taking 
C) the cooperative principle 
D) the coarticulation principle

Question 15

Why is the chemical communication exhibited in ants not considered to be language by
Psycholinguists?

Accepted Answer

A) it lacks productivity 
B) only visual/mechanical communication is considered language 
C) it is too prone to error 
D) it shows syntax and semantics but lacks pragmatics 
A) it lacks productivity 
B) only visual/mechanical communication is considered language 
C) it is too prone to error 
D) it shows syntax and semantics but lacks pragmatics

Question 16

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the occipital lobe?

Accepted Answer

A) Broca's area 
B) Wernicke's area 
C) Chomsky's area 
D) Whorf's area 
A) Broca's area 
B) Wernicke's area 
C) Chomsky's area 
D) Whorf's area

Question 17

According to the eye-mind hypothesis, readers assign an interpretation to each word as soon as it is fixated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following might play a role in the human ability to rapidly learn a native language?

Accepted Answer

A) A gene called FOXP2 
B) an innate Language Acquisition Device (LA
D)  
C) social learning abilities that are not limited to language 
D) all of the above 
A) A gene called FOXP2 
B) an innate Language Acquisition Device (LA
D)  
C) social learning abilities that are not limited to language 
D) all of the above

Question 19

Just and Carpenter have found that the more difficult the section of a text, the longer readers fixate on the words and sentences.This result is consistent with

Accepted Answer

A) immediacy assumption 
B) the given-new strategy 
C) eye-mind assumption 
D) cognitive economy assumption 
A) immediacy assumption 
B) the given-new strategy 
C) eye-mind assumption 
D) cognitive economy assumption

Question 20

The discovery of Genie and other "wild children" prompted extensive research on language
Acquisition.The findings seemed to conclude that

Accepted Answer

A) there is not a language acquisition device 
B) there is a critical period for learning language 
C) these children could not think until they learned to speak 
D) abuse causes children to lose their ability to speak 
A) there is not a language acquisition device 
B) there is a critical period for learning language 
C) these children could not think until they learned to speak 
D) abuse causes children to lose their ability to speak

Taking into account the time needed to fixate on letters, recognize words, and build local and global structures in working memory, the average reading time is about

A rapid eye movement during reading is called a

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the frontal lobe?

Fodor and Bever found that subjects misplace their perception of auditory clicks, hearing them between a noun phrase and a verb phrase.They used this result to argue for the Psychological reality of

A symptom of someone with aphasia is

The smallest unit of speech that has meaning is called a

Which of the following is true of speed-reading (relative to slow, natural reading)?

When speakers make accurate judgments on how well their listeners are understanding, and adjust their speeches accordingly, they are showing sensitivity to

The eye-mind assumption is most directly related to

Explain the concept of a universal grammar and discuss two types of evidence of its existence.

Language is known for certain to have developed from gestures.

Words compose our ________, the dictionary of long-term memory.

The property of language in which a single word has multiple meanings is called

When Paula talks to her co-worker, Doug, at lunch, or her friend Diane, at the gym, she raises topics that are appropriate to the conversation.This illustrates

Why is the chemical communication exhibited in ants not considered to be language by Psycholinguists?

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the occipital lobe?

According to the eye-mind hypothesis, readers assign an interpretation to each word as soon as it is fixated.

Which of the following might play a role in the human ability to rapidly learn a native language?

Just and Carpenter have found that the more difficult the section of a text, the longer readers fixate on the words and sentences.This result is consistent with

The discovery of Genie and other "wild children" prompted extensive research on language Acquisition.The findings seemed to conclude that

Introduction

Perception

Attention

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

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Exam 8: Language

Taking into account the time needed to fixate on letters, recognize words, and build local and global structures in working memory, the average reading time is about

A rapid eye movement during reading is called a

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the frontal lobe?

Fodor and Bever found that subjects misplace their perception of auditory clicks, hearing them between a noun phrase and a verb phrase.They used this result to argue for the Psychological reality of

A symptom of someone with aphasia is

The smallest unit of speech that has meaning is called a

Which of the following is true of speed-reading (relative to slow, natural reading)?

When speakers make accurate judgments on how well their listeners are understanding, and adjust their speeches accordingly, they are showing sensitivity to

The eye-mind assumption is most directly related to

Explain the concept of a universal grammar and discuss two types of evidence of its existence.

Language is known for certain to have developed from gestures.

Words compose our ________, the dictionary of long-term memory.

The property of language in which a single word has multiple meanings is called

When Paula talks to her co-worker, Doug, at lunch, or her friend Diane, at the gym, she raises topics that are appropriate to the conversation.This illustrates

Why is the chemical communication exhibited in ants not considered to be language by Psycholinguists?

Which of these language centers in the brain is closest to the occipital lobe?

According to the eye-mind hypothesis, readers assign an interpretation to each word as soon as it is fixated.

Which of the following might play a role in the human ability to rapidly learn a native language?

Just and Carpenter have found that the more difficult the section of a text, the longer readers fixate on the words and sentences.This result is consistent with

The discovery of Genie and other "wild children" prompted extensive research on language Acquisition.The findings seemed to conclude that

Introduction

Perception

Attention

Memory Systems

Remembering Events

Memory Distortions

Imagery and Knowledge Representation

Problem Solving

Reasoning and Decision Making

Filters