Question 1

Children with Williams syndrome are characterized by ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  good language abilities despite low overall intelligence
B)  ​loss of language abilities at approximately four years of age
C)  ​problems creating grammatical sentences
D)  a specific impairment of vocabularyE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

A paradoxical characteristic of children with Williams syndrome is that they ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  seem mentally disabled during childhood but develop into above average intelligence adults
B)  ​can write, but cannot read what they just finished writing
C)  ​show a better memory after a delay than they show immediately after an event has occurred
D)  have very large vocabularies, but cannot learn simple skillsE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Language studies with bonobos suggest that they can understand more than they can produce.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Dyseidetic dyslexics have the most difficulty with ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  recognizing whole words
B)  ​hearing words
C)  ​guessing word meaning based on context
D)  sounding out wordsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker proposed that humans have a ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  language synthesizer
B)  ​language stimulus apparatus
C)  ​language acquisition device
D)  grammatical articulation deviceE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Which statement is true of left-handed individuals?​

Accepted Answer

A)  They are more likely to learn sign-language.
B)  ​They are less likely to be left-hemisphere dominant for speech production.
C)  ​They use both hemispheres equally well for speech production.
D)  They are more likely to stutter.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

What is Broca's apahsia and which areas of the brain does it affect?​

Accepted Answer

When brain damage impairs language produ...

Question 8

A stroke patient speaks in short,inarticulate but meaningful phrases such as "Weather hot" and "Dog bite man." This person is probably suffering from ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's aphasia
B)  ​Wernicke's aphasia
C)  ​Williams syndrome
D)  apraxiaE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 9

People with Broca's aphasia speak meaningfully but ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  do so without feeling
B)  ​do so in a monotone
C)  ​omit pronouns, tense, and number endings
D)  omit nouns and verbsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

A loss of language ability,in general,is referred to as ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  apraxia
B)  ​dyslexia
C)  ​aphasia
D)  anomiaE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

People with full sized brains and normal intelligence ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  always have normal language
B)  ​usually have normal language, but may not
C)  ​have the greatest brain to IQ ratio
D)  have the largest index fingersE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

the right hemisphere is dominant for recognizing both pleasant and unpleasant emotions in others.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

After damage to the right hemisphere,many people suffer what kind of loss?​

Accepted Answer

A)  control of the muscles on the right side of the body
B)  ​control of hunger and thirst
C)  ​ability to remember the names of objects
D)  ability to recognize emotional facial expressionsE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 14

Prepositions,word endings,and grammar are to ____ as nouns and verbs are to ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  Broca's aphasia; Wernicke's aphasia
B)  ​Wernicke's aphasia; Broca's aphasia
C)  ​dyslexia; anomia
D)  anomia; Wernicke's aphasiaE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Noam Chomsky and other advocates of the language acquisition device argue that humans ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  are incapable of learning language
B)  ​are born with language
C)  ​learn language through classical conditioning
D)  are no different in language capabilities than gorillasE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 16

The____ has made the most spectacular progress toward learning to communicate by an approximation of human language.​

Accepted Answer

A)  common chimpanzee
B)  ​bonobo chimpanzee
C)  ​gorilla
D)  dolphinE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Pictures of the person you love will produce increased activation of certain brain areas associated with ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  fear
B)  ​language
C)  ​music
D)  rewardE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Wernicke's aphasia is to ____ as Broca's aphasia is to ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  parietal lobe; temporal lobe
B)  ​nouns; verbs
C)  ​spoken language; sign language
D)  understanding; speakingE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Which of the following is more likely to be present in people with dyslexia?​

Accepted Answer

A)  weak eye muscles
B)  ​larger than normal corpus callosum
C)  ​stuttering
D)  bilateral symmetry in the cortexE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Which task would people with Williams syndrome typically perform?​

Accepted Answer

A)  estimating the length of a bus
B)  ​imagining the bus route to school
C)  ​drawing a bus
D)  singing "wheels on the bus"E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Exam 13: Cognitive Functions

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Language studies with bonobos suggest that they can understand more than they can produce.​

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Pictures of the person you love will produce increased activation of certain brain areas associated with ____.​

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the right hemisphere is dominant for recognizing both pleasant and unpleasant emotions in others.​

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Which of the following is more likely to be present in people with dyslexia?​

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A loss of language ability,in general,is referred to as ____.​

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Dyseidetic dyslexics have the most difficulty with ____.​

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Noam Chomsky and other advocates of the language acquisition device argue that humans ____.​

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People with full sized brains and normal intelligence ____.​

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What is Broca's apahsia and which areas of the brain does it affect?​

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Prepositions,word endings,and grammar are to ____ as nouns and verbs are to ____.​

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