Question 1

The best example of a protective factor from developing a stuttering disorder:

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A)  a male gender 
B)  a few years of virtually chronic stuttering post-onset 
C)  a family history of persistence 
D)  a family history of natural recovery

Question 2

What difficulties are encountered in testing theories of stuttering?

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Question 3

Research supports the idea that stuttering is not a unique disorder, but represents merely a greater quantity and intensity of events that are common to the same continuum with normal speech disfluency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

When the essence of a theory can be proved or disproved, it is described as:

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A)  predictive 
B)  flexible 
C)  valid 
D)  testable

Question 5

The problem with concluding that the cause of stuttering has been found by research revealing a particular characteristic in adults who stutter that was not present in non-stuttering controls is that:

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A)  the characteristic could be typical of groups with other communication disorders not tested as controls 
B)  the characteristic could emerge at a later age, but not be present in children at stuttering onset 
C)  the characteristic and the stuttering might both have been caused by another variable 
D)  all of the above

Question 6

A theory and a model can handle the explanation of a phenomenon slightly differently.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The high likelihood that multiple etiological factors contribute to stuttering has led to the proposal that:

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A)  the stuttering disorder should be viewed as a "pathognomonic monolith" 
B)  the stuttering disorder may consist of subtypes 
C)  the stuttering disorder should be modeled with sequential rather than hierarchical components 
D)  the stuttering disorder will most likely never be explained

Question 8

When a theory explains all the facts revealed about a phenomenon, it is described as:

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A)  parsimonious 
B)  exhaustive 
C)  exclusive 
D)  elegant

Question 9

The best example of a predisposing factor for stuttering:

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A)  social reactions 
B)  genetics 
C)  low academic performance 
D)  potty training

Question 10

What is a theory? What is a model? What are their purposes and significance?

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Exam 5: Why Do People Stutter Evaluating Theories and Models