Question 1

Recent research comparing the number of words used by male and female speakers

Accepted Answer

A) reveals that males use over three times as many words in their speech as females. 
B) reveals that females use over three times as many words in their speech as males. 
C) reveals little difference in the number of words used by males and females. 
D) reveals that the number of words in natural conversation has never been measured. 
A) reveals that males use over three times as many words in their speech as females. 
B) reveals that females use over three times as many words in their speech as males. 
C) reveals little difference in the number of words used by males and females. 
D) reveals that the number of words in natural conversation has never been measured.

Question 2

Top-down factors in discerning spoken word boundaries include

Accepted Answer

A) previous knowledge of what the speaker is talking about. 
B) metrical segmentation. 
C) statistical regularities in the spoken word signal. 
D) mondegreens. 
A) previous knowledge of what the speaker is talking about. 
B) metrical segmentation. 
C) statistical regularities in the spoken word signal. 
D) mondegreens.

Question 3

The research by Motley and Baars that looked at the possibility of motivated Freudian slips

Accepted Answer

A) found no evidence for the Freudian interpretation of slips. 
B) found evidence for motivated slips in the shock condition. 
C) found evidence for motivated slips in the sex condition. 
D) found evidence for motivated slips in both the shock and sex condition. 
A) found no evidence for the Freudian interpretation of slips. 
B) found evidence for motivated slips in the shock condition. 
C) found evidence for motivated slips in the sex condition. 
D) found evidence for motivated slips in both the shock and sex condition.

Question 4

The sentences "John is easy to please" and "It is easy to please John" are

Accepted Answer

A) identical in both surface and deep structure. 
B) identical in deep structure,but differ in surface structure. 
C) identical in surface structure,but differ in deep structure. 
D) different in both deep and surface structure. 
A) identical in both surface and deep structure. 
B) identical in deep structure,but differ in surface structure. 
C) identical in surface structure,but differ in deep structure. 
D) different in both deep and surface structure.

Question 5

One model of spoken word recognition proposes that words are recognized by activating the entire set of possible words based on the words initial sound (/b/ activates bow,bowl,bug,bought,etc. ),with a subsequent narrowing of the candidate set as more of the word is perceived.This is called the ________ model.

Accepted Answer

A) cohort 
B) neighbors 
C) activation 
D) motor 
A) cohort 
B) neighbors 
C) activation 
D) motor

Question 6

Research indicates that the internal speech monitoring process is especially sensitive to _____ factors.

Accepted Answer

A) semantic,rather than phonological 
B) phonological,rather than semantic 
C) syntactic,rather than semantic 
D) semantic,rather than syntactic 
A) semantic,rather than phonological 
B) phonological,rather than semantic 
C) syntactic,rather than semantic 
D) semantic,rather than syntactic

Question 7

Which of these serves as evidence for the motor theory of speech perception?

Accepted Answer

A) Coarticulation 
B) Speech seems too quick for regular perceptual mechanisms to take care of it. 
C) The phonemic restoration effect 
D) The finding that nonhumans do seem capable of perceiving speech 
A) Coarticulation 
B) Speech seems too quick for regular perceptual mechanisms to take care of it. 
C) The phonemic restoration effect 
D) The finding that nonhumans do seem capable of perceiving speech

Question 8

Aspects of the speech signal like rate,stress,and tone are called

Accepted Answer

A) categorical factors. 
B) suprasegmental factors. 
C) phones. 
D) coarticulation factors. 
A) categorical factors. 
B) suprasegmental factors. 
C) phones. 
D) coarticulation factors.

Question 9

Gricean maxims in language indicate that our conversational partners should conform to all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) avoidance of ambiguity. 
B) relevance. 
C) grammatical correctness. 
D) truthfulness. 
A) avoidance of ambiguity. 
B) relevance. 
C) grammatical correctness. 
D) truthfulness.

Question 10

Constraint-based approach is to transformational grammar as _______ is to

Accepted Answer

A) modular;non-modular. 
B) serial;parallel. 
C) learned;innate. 
D) sentence learning;word learning. 
A) modular;non-modular. 
B) serial;parallel. 
C) learned;innate. 
D) sentence learning;word learning.

Question 11

Our tendency to perceive phonemes in a relatively broad fashion,not discriminating between subtle shadings in the way particular phonemes sound,is called

Accepted Answer

A) coarticulation. 
B) suprasegmentation. 
C) categorical perception. 
D) semantic parsing. 
A) coarticulation. 
B) suprasegmentation. 
C) categorical perception. 
D) semantic parsing.

Question 12

The evidence for speech being "special"

Accepted Answer

A) is quite strong. 
B) is quite weak. 
C) is mixed. 
D) is so weak that the "special" status of speech isn't even a question that's pursued by researchers. 
A) is quite strong. 
B) is quite weak. 
C) is mixed. 
D) is so weak that the "special" status of speech isn't even a question that's pursued by researchers.

Question 13

The sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" violates

Accepted Answer

A) the rules of both syntax and semantics. 
B) the rules of syntax but not semantics. 
C) neither the rules of syntax nor semantics. 
D) the rules of semantics,but not syntax. 
A) the rules of both syntax and semantics. 
B) the rules of syntax but not semantics. 
C) neither the rules of syntax nor semantics. 
D) the rules of semantics,but not syntax.

Question 14

Place of articulation is to manner of articulation as ________ is to

Accepted Answer

A) release;vibration. 
B) vocal cords;airflow. 
C) interrupt;stop. 
D) where;how. 
A) release;vibration. 
B) vocal cords;airflow. 
C) interrupt;stop. 
D) where;how.

Question 15

The term ________ refers to the rules for combing any unit of language.

Accepted Answer

A) "grammar" 
B) "lexicon" 
C) "semantics" 
D) "syntax" 
A) "grammar" 
B) "lexicon" 
C) "semantics" 
D) "syntax"

Question 16

About how many phonemes make up American English?

Accepted Answer

A) 10 
B) 25 
C) 45 
D) 105 
A) 10 
B) 25 
C) 45 
D) 105

Question 17

The phoneme /p/ is termed bilabial;the phoneme /th/ is termed dental.The two italicized terms refer to

Accepted Answer

A) phones. 
B) voicing. 
C) manner of articulation. 
D) place of articulation. 
A) phones. 
B) voicing. 
C) manner of articulation. 
D) place of articulation.

Question 18

If someone says they have to "twitch on the television" (instead of "switch on the television")they have committed:

Accepted Answer

A) a blend. 
B) a perseveration error. 
C) a substitution error. 
D) an anticipation error. 
A) a blend. 
B) a perseveration error. 
C) a substitution error. 
D) an anticipation error.

Question 19

The cohort model proposes that when we hear the word "basketball," the first step in word recognition is

Accepted Answer

A) activating all of the words that relate to the meaning of basketball. 
B) activation of all of the words that look similar to the word basketball. 
C) activation of no concepts at all except for the word basketball. 
D) activation of all of the words that begin with the same sounds as basketball. 
A) activating all of the words that relate to the meaning of basketball. 
B) activation of all of the words that look similar to the word basketball. 
C) activation of no concepts at all except for the word basketball. 
D) activation of all of the words that begin with the same sounds as basketball.

Question 20

Misheard word boundaries,which often make understanding song lyrics difficult on the first few times you hear a song (and sometimes longer!),have been dubbed

Accepted Answer

A) Singing Bees. 
B) Mondegreens. 
C) Lyrical Errors. 
D) Earbugs. 
A) Singing Bees. 
B) Mondegreens. 
C) Lyrical Errors. 
D) Earbugs.

Recent research comparing the number of words used by male and female speakers

Top-down factors in discerning spoken word boundaries include

The research by Motley and Baars that looked at the possibility of motivated Freudian slips

The sentences "John is easy to please" and "It is easy to please John" are

Research indicates that the internal speech monitoring process is especially sensitive to _____ factors.

Which of these serves as evidence for the motor theory of speech perception?

Aspects of the speech signal like rate,stress,and tone are called

Gricean maxims in language indicate that our conversational partners should conform to all of the following except

Constraint-based approach is to transformational grammar as _______ is to

Our tendency to perceive phonemes in a relatively broad fashion,not discriminating between subtle shadings in the way particular phonemes sound,is called

The evidence for speech being "special"

The sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" violates

Place of articulation is to manner of articulation as ________ is to

The term ________ refers to the rules for combing any unit of language.

About how many phonemes make up American English?

The phoneme /p/ is termed bilabial;the phoneme /th/ is termed dental.The two italicized terms refer to

If someone says they have to "twitch on the television" (instead of "switch on the television")they have committed:

The cohort model proposes that when we hear the word "basketball," the first step in word recognition is

Misheard word boundaries,which often make understanding song lyrics difficult on the first few times you hear a song (and sometimes longer!),have been dubbed

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

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Exam 9: Basic Issues in Languageand Speech Processing

Recent research comparing the number of words used by male and female speakers

Top-down factors in discerning spoken word boundaries include

The research by Motley and Baars that looked at the possibility of motivated Freudian slips

The sentences "John is easy to please" and "It is easy to please John" are

Research indicates that the internal speech monitoring process is especially sensitive to _____ factors.

Which of these serves as evidence for the motor theory of speech perception?

Aspects of the speech signal like rate,stress,and tone are called

Gricean maxims in language indicate that our conversational partners should conform to all of the following except

Constraint-based approach is to transformational grammar as _______ is to

Our tendency to perceive phonemes in a relatively broad fashion,not discriminating between subtle shadings in the way particular phonemes sound,is called

The evidence for speech being "special"

The sentence "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" violates

Place of articulation is to manner of articulation as ________ is to

The term ________ refers to the rules for combing any unit of language.

About how many phonemes make up American English?

The phoneme /p/ is termed bilabial;the phoneme /th/ is termed dental.The two italicized terms refer to

If someone says they have to "twitch on the television" (instead of "switch on the television")they have committed:

The cohort model proposes that when we hear the word "basketball," the first step in word recognition is

Misheard word boundaries,which often make understanding song lyrics difficult on the first few times you hear a song (and sometimes longer!),have been dubbed

Cognition As the Study of Information Processing

Perception and Consciousness

Mechanisms of Attention

Immediate Memory

Concepts and Categories of Object Recognition

Basic Processes in Long-Term Memory

The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Autobiographical Memory

Reading and Comprehending Text

Judgments and Decisions

Problem Solving

Filters