Question 1

Which is NOT true of planning and production cycles of speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ratio of speaking to pausing time is roughly the same for all speakers. 
B)  Speakers plan the next unit of speech while pausing. 
C)  Speakers pause more before producing yes/no questions. 
D)  Speakers pause more before producing low-frequency words. 
A)  The ratio of speaking to pausing time is roughly the same for all speakers. 
B)  Speakers plan the next unit of speech while pausing. 
C)  Speakers pause more before producing yes/no questions. 
D)  Speakers pause more before producing low-frequency words.

Question 2

The strongest evidence for independence of planning units is that:

Accepted Answer

A)  speakers never produce more than one error in the same sentence 
B)  no two speakers have ever made the same speech error 
C)  speakers tend to make mistakes at a single stage, leaving the rest of the utterance intact 
D)  speakers tend to make mistakes at a single stage, which causes predictable errors at all other stages. 
A)  speakers never produce more than one error in the same sentence 
B)  no two speakers have ever made the same speech error 
C)  speakers tend to make mistakes at a single stage, leaving the rest of the utterance intact 
D)  speakers tend to make mistakes at a single stage, which causes predictable errors at all other stages.

Question 3

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error Stop beating your brick against a head wall occurs at the _____ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  content word 
B)  intonation contour 
C)  phonetic segment 
D)  affix 
A)  content word 
B)  intonation contour 
C)  phonetic segment 
D)  affix

Question 4

A Freudian explanation of speech errors is that:

Accepted Answer

A)  speech is produced in separate stages, each devoted to a single level of linguistic analysis 
B)  multiple speech plans occur simultaneously and plans compete for dominance 
C)  multiple speech plans occur, but speech errors solely represent conflict at the articulatory level 
D)  there is only one speech plan; speech errors are used to mask a speaker's disturbing thoughts. 
A)  speech is produced in separate stages, each devoted to a single level of linguistic analysis 
B)  multiple speech plans occur simultaneously and plans compete for dominance 
C)  multiple speech plans occur, but speech errors solely represent conflict at the articulatory level 
D)  there is only one speech plan; speech errors are used to mask a speaker's disturbing thoughts.

Question 5

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error A singing sewer machine occurs at the _____ stage of production.

Accepted Answer

A)  content word 
B)  intonation contour 
C)  phonetic segment 
D)  affix 
A)  content word 
B)  intonation contour 
C)  phonetic segment 
D)  affix

Question 6

The phenomenon in which we move the articulators in the vocal tract to the position needed for upcoming sounds is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  incremental processing 
B)  anticipatory coarticulation 
C)  perseveratory coarticulation 
D)  self-monitoring 
A)  incremental processing 
B)  anticipatory coarticulation 
C)  perseveratory coarticulation 
D)  self-monitoring

Question 7

In the speech error It certainly run outs fast, the final phoneme in outs

Accepted Answer

A)  is /s/, which supports the notion that affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
B)  is /z/, which supports the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
C)  is /s/, which refutes the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
D)  is /z/, which refutes the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
A)  is /s/, which supports the notion that affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
B)  is /z/, which supports the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
C)  is /s/, which refutes the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage 
D)  is /z/, which refutes the notion that the affix stage of production precedes the phonetic stage

Question 8

The method of inducing subjects to produce errors such as barn door after producing sequences such as bell dark and bean deck, and darn bore is known as the _______________ technique:

Accepted Answer

A)  lexical bias 
B)  production cycle 
C)  anticipatory retracing 
D)  phonological bias 
A)  lexical bias 
B)  production cycle 
C)  anticipatory retracing 
D)  phonological bias

Question 9

According to Dell, the lexical bias effect:

Accepted Answer

A)  should be independent of speaking rate 
B)  should be greater with faster speaking rates 
C)  should be greater with slower speaking rates 
D)  should be the same in faster and slower speaking rates 
A)  should be independent of speaking rate 
B)  should be greater with faster speaking rates 
C)  should be greater with slower speaking rates 
D)  should be the same in faster and slower speaking rates

Question 10

____________ refers to the process by which a phoneme, during a speech error, is shifted to a new location (such as /s/ in run outs) and takes the form appropriate to the new location (e.g., /s/ rather than /z/).

Accepted Answer

A)  planning 
B)  accommodation 
C)  undershooting 
D)  coarticulation 
A)  planning 
B)  accommodation 
C)  undershooting 
D)  coarticulation

Question 11

Comparisons of language production in signers and speakers have found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  signers articulate signs about twice as fast as speakers articulate words 
B)  pauses during production are longer in sign language than in spoken language 
C)  signers use fewer pauses than speakers during language production 
D)  signers make approximately twice as many slips of the hand as speakers make slips of the tongue during the same interval 
A)  signers articulate signs about twice as fast as speakers articulate words 
B)  pauses during production are longer in sign language than in spoken language 
C)  signers use fewer pauses than speakers during language production 
D)  signers make approximately twice as many slips of the hand as speakers make slips of the tongue during the same interval

Question 12

We are more likely to pronounce the as thiy (rhymes with see) as opposed to thuh (rhymes with the first syllable in about) when we are:

Accepted Answer

A)  more closely monitoring our speech 
B)  having problems with some aspect of our speech production 
C)  speaking more fluently 
D)  all of the above 
A)  more closely monitoring our speech 
B)  having problems with some aspect of our speech production 
C)  speaking more fluently 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

Saying clarefully (instead of carefully) is an example of a(n) ________ error.

Accepted Answer

A)  substitution 
B)  exchange 
C)  addition 
D)  anticipation 
A)  substitution 
B)  exchange 
C)  addition 
D)  anticipation

Which is NOT true of planning and production cycles of speech?

The strongest evidence for independence of planning units is that:

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error Stop beating your brick against a head wall occurs at the _____ stage.

A Freudian explanation of speech errors is that:

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error A singing sewer machine occurs at the _____ stage of production.

The phenomenon in which we move the articulators in the vocal tract to the position needed for upcoming sounds is referred to as:

In the speech error It certainly run outs fast, the final phoneme in outs

The method of inducing subjects to produce errors such as barn door after producing sequences such as bell dark and bean deck, and darn bore is known as the _______________ technique:

According to Dell, the lexical bias effect:

____________ refers to the process by which a phoneme, during a speech error, is shifted to a new location (such as /s/ in run outs) and takes the form appropriate to the new location (e.g., /s/ rather than /z/).

Comparisons of language production in signers and speakers have found that:

We are more likely to pronounce the as thiy (rhymes with see) as opposed to thuh (rhymes with the first syllable in about) when we are:

Saying clarefully (instead of carefully) is an example of a(n) ________ error.

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Exam 8: Production of Speech and Language

Which is NOT true of planning and production cycles of speech?

The strongest evidence for independence of planning units is that:

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error Stop beating your brick against a head wall occurs at the _____ stage.

A Freudian explanation of speech errors is that:

According to Fromkin's model of production, the speech error A singing sewer machine occurs at the _____ stage of production.

The phenomenon in which we move the articulators in the vocal tract to the position needed for upcoming sounds is referred to as:

In the speech error It certainly run outs fast, the final phoneme in outs

The method of inducing subjects to produce errors such as barn door after producing sequences such as bell dark and bean deck, and darn bore is known as the _______________ technique:

According to Dell, the lexical bias effect:

____________ refers to the process by which a phoneme, during a speech error, is shifted to a new location (such as /s/ in run outs) and takes the form appropriate to the new location (e.g., /s/ rather than /z/).

Comparisons of language production in signers and speakers have found that:

We are more likely to pronounce the as thiy (rhymes with see) as opposed to thuh (rhymes with the first syllable in about) when we are:

Saying clarefully (instead of carefully) is an example of a(n) ________ error.

Introduction-Themes of Psycholinguistics

Linguistic Principle

Psychological Mechanisms

Perception of Language

The Internal Lexicon

Sentence Comprehension and Memory

Discourse Comprehension and Memory

Conversational Interaction

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Processes of Language Acquisition

Biological Foundations of Language

Language, Culture, and Cognition

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