UCLA BDP EXAM SCRIPT TESTED
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Consider the following sentence:
"I don't need nothing from you."
Would this sentence be correct according to a typical prescriptive
grammar of English
Answer: a. No. A prescriptive grammarian would judge this sentence as
incorrect because a sentence is not supposed to have double negatives in
English.
●● Consider the following sentence:
"I don't need nothing from you."
Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammarian?
Answer: d. Yes. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to
be correct because native speakers of English actually say things like
this.
●● "When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not."
Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammar of
English?
, Answer: c. No. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to
be incorrect because native speakers of English reject such sentences.
●● Consider the following statement, "Joe can name items that are
presented in his right visual field." Choose the statement below that best
describes the facts about Joe.
Answer: d. The statement is true because an item in the right visual field
will be processed in the left hemisphere.
●● Joe is presented with two items simultaneously - a car in the right
visual field, and a dog in the left visual field. When asked what he sees,
he responds, "Dog."
Answer: c. The statement is false because the item in the right visual is
processed in the left hemisphere.
●● Why can/can't Joe name items in his left visual field?
Answer: a. Given the contralateral nature of brain function, stimuli in the
left visual field are processed in the right hemisphere. Therefore, he
cannot name items in his left visual field.
●● Observe the utterances below, from patients with two distinct types
of aphasia.
Patient A: "Cinderella...poor...um'dopted her...scrubbed floor, um,
tidy...poor, um...'dopted...si-sisters and mother...ball. Ball, prince um,
shoe..."
QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION PREMIUM
STUDY MATERIAL
●● Consider the following sentence:
"I don't need nothing from you."
Would this sentence be correct according to a typical prescriptive
grammar of English
Answer: a. No. A prescriptive grammarian would judge this sentence as
incorrect because a sentence is not supposed to have double negatives in
English.
●● Consider the following sentence:
"I don't need nothing from you."
Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammarian?
Answer: d. Yes. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to
be correct because native speakers of English actually say things like
this.
●● "When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not."
Would this sentence be correct according to a descriptive grammar of
English?
, Answer: c. No. A descriptive grammarian would judge this sentence to
be incorrect because native speakers of English reject such sentences.
●● Consider the following statement, "Joe can name items that are
presented in his right visual field." Choose the statement below that best
describes the facts about Joe.
Answer: d. The statement is true because an item in the right visual field
will be processed in the left hemisphere.
●● Joe is presented with two items simultaneously - a car in the right
visual field, and a dog in the left visual field. When asked what he sees,
he responds, "Dog."
Answer: c. The statement is false because the item in the right visual is
processed in the left hemisphere.
●● Why can/can't Joe name items in his left visual field?
Answer: a. Given the contralateral nature of brain function, stimuli in the
left visual field are processed in the right hemisphere. Therefore, he
cannot name items in his left visual field.
●● Observe the utterances below, from patients with two distinct types
of aphasia.
Patient A: "Cinderella...poor...um'dopted her...scrubbed floor, um,
tidy...poor, um...'dopted...si-sisters and mother...ball. Ball, prince um,
shoe..."
