Chapter 14: Human Communication

Question 1

Examples of stuttering

Answer 1

Pauses, prolongation of sounds, repetitions of sounds, syllables, or words that disrupt normal flow of speech

Question 2

Stuttering is caused by abnormalities in neural mechanisms involved in __________.

Answer 2

planning and initiating speech

Question 3

True or False: Sign language is not really a language.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The right/left hemisphere plays a more important role in sign language.

Answer 4

left

Question 5

Explain conduction aphasia

Answer 5

Fluent and meaningful speech with good comprehension, but very poor repetition

Question 6

Conduction aphasia is caused by damage to the ______ _____.

Answer 6

arcuate fasciculus

Question 7

What two parts of the brain are connected by the arcuate fasciculus?

Answer 7

Broca’s and Wernicke’s

Question 8

Those with pure alexia can read/write, but cannot read/write.

Answer 8

write; read

Question 9

Pure alexia patients have difficulty with visual/auditory input

Answer 9

visual

Question 10

In ___ alexia, visual information is prevented from reaching visual association cortex.

Answer 10

pure

Question 11

Reading involves two processes:

Answer 11

Whole word reading
Phonetic reading

Question 12

Three types of acquired dyslexia:

Answer 12

Surface, direct, phonological

Question 13

Surface dyslexia is a deficit in __________

Answer 13

whole-word reading

Question 14

Direct dyslexia is a deficit in ______________

Answer 14

Understanding written words

Question 15

Phonological dyslexia is a deficit in _______ _______ ___

Answer 15

sounding words out