CSD 2366 final exam
What part of the brain is most specialized for processing and comprehending knowledge? - Answer -
Wernickes area
A person mental lexicon is most closely associated with which component of language? - Answer -
content
Participation in social scripts, conversational turns, and topic manintainece are benchmarks for what
language component? - Answer -Pragmatics
In what grade do students read to learn instead of learn to read? - Answer -Fourth grade
Smallest unit of language that has meaning? - Answer -morpheme
Bundle of axons/association fibers with key role in connecting brocas area and wernickes area? - Answer
-arcuate fasciculus
Identify the free morpheme in jumping - Answer -jump
, Which lobe of the brain would be used for initial response in sign language? - Answer -occipital
What type of texts convey information about new or challenging concepts? - Answer -expository
Which of the following terms refers to regional differences that only vary in how people pronounce
sounds/words? - Answer -accent
Storage and organization of newly acquired vocabulary based on connection between words and mental
lexicon? - Answer -semantic network
Which form of figurative language continues to develop through adulthood? - Answer -proverbs
Phenomenon in which billingual people may alternate use of 2 languages within utterances? - Answer -
code switching
child producing word "tand" instead of "sand" is which phonological process? - Answer -stopping
Dialectal differences only affect ponunciation. T/F - Answer -False
Which of the following is NOT a building block of semantic development? - Answer -pronouncing new
words
Infants attend to _________________ to draw on their familiarity with word and syllable stress patterns,
or the rhythm of language, to break into the speech stream. - Answer -prosodic cues
The component of language that concerns the meaning of individual words and word combinations is -
Answer -semantics
As an infant's neurological system develops between birth and 18 months, the dendritic
interconnections between neurons become less dense - Answer -False
What part of the brain is most specialized for processing and comprehending knowledge? - Answer -
Wernickes area
A person mental lexicon is most closely associated with which component of language? - Answer -
content
Participation in social scripts, conversational turns, and topic manintainece are benchmarks for what
language component? - Answer -Pragmatics
In what grade do students read to learn instead of learn to read? - Answer -Fourth grade
Smallest unit of language that has meaning? - Answer -morpheme
Bundle of axons/association fibers with key role in connecting brocas area and wernickes area? - Answer
-arcuate fasciculus
Identify the free morpheme in jumping - Answer -jump
, Which lobe of the brain would be used for initial response in sign language? - Answer -occipital
What type of texts convey information about new or challenging concepts? - Answer -expository
Which of the following terms refers to regional differences that only vary in how people pronounce
sounds/words? - Answer -accent
Storage and organization of newly acquired vocabulary based on connection between words and mental
lexicon? - Answer -semantic network
Which form of figurative language continues to develop through adulthood? - Answer -proverbs
Phenomenon in which billingual people may alternate use of 2 languages within utterances? - Answer -
code switching
child producing word "tand" instead of "sand" is which phonological process? - Answer -stopping
Dialectal differences only affect ponunciation. T/F - Answer -False
Which of the following is NOT a building block of semantic development? - Answer -pronouncing new
words
Infants attend to _________________ to draw on their familiarity with word and syllable stress patterns,
or the rhythm of language, to break into the speech stream. - Answer -prosodic cues
The component of language that concerns the meaning of individual words and word combinations is -
Answer -semantics
As an infant's neurological system develops between birth and 18 months, the dendritic
interconnections between neurons become less dense - Answer -False
