Topic 7 Language pt 1

Question 1

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 1

• damage to left inferior frontal gyrus
• expressive aphasia
• cannot communicate ideas to others

Question 2

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 2

• damage to medial and posterior portion of the left superior temporal gyrus
• receptive aphasia
• cannot understand what is being said to them

Question 3

receptive aphasia is to _______ aphasia whereas expressive aphasia is to ________ aphasia (Broca; Wernicke)

Answer 3

Wernicke’s aphasia; Broca’s aphasia

Question 4

After a brain injury, Doug cannot comprehend what Mary is saying. Which damage to the brain region is most likely responsible for this?

Answer 4

• damage to medial and posterior portion of left superior temporal gyrus
  (Wernicke’s area)

Question 5

After a brain injury, Carson has trouble signing to his deaf girlfriend. Where is the brain damage most likely?

Answer 5

• damage to left inferior frontal gyrus

Broca’s area

Question 6

referring words such as “it, she, him” are called _______ and are used in _______ ambiguity

Answer 6

anaphors; referential

Question 7

The chicken is ready to eat

Answer 7

syntactic ambiguity

Question 8

Jon grabbed his lunch, sat on a rock, and ate it

Answer 8

referential ambiguity

Question 9

we saw her belt

Answer 9

syntactic and lexical ambiguity

Question 10

define lexical ambiguity

Answer 10

when a word means more than 1 thing

Question 11

define syntactic ambiguity

Answer 11

when a sentence can mean more than 1 thing

Question 12

Carson speaks slowly and struggles to pronounce words (pronounces his own name is croissant). What does he have

Answer 12

Broca’s aphasia

Question 13

Carson is asked “how are you doing?” to which he responds, “Jasmine is my doggy”. What does he have

Answer 13

Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 14

true or false: Broca’s aphasia is a motor problem

Answer 14

false; it is a problem with language planning and production

Question 15

Carson has trouble conjugating verbs and finds difficulty with verb inflection. What aphasia does he have?

Answer 15

Broca’s aphasia

Question 16

Carson has difficulty comprehending questions and he answers questions wrong, but doesn’t seem to have problems with fluency of words. What aphasia does he have?

Answer 16

Wenicke’s aphasia

Question 17

Carson has trouble with using and understanding syntax. What does he have?

Answer 17

Broca’s aphasia

Question 18

Wernicke’s area is ______ to Broca’s area

Answer 18

dorsal