Aphasia Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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Expressive/Non-fluent Aphasia CORRECT ANSWERS Type of aphasia in which
expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Receptive/Fluent Aphasia CORRECT ANSWERS Type of aphasia characterized by
fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken
or written words
Gall CORRECT ANSWERS Used phrenology to link behaviors to specific parts of the
brain
Phrenology CORRECT ANSWERS a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as
indicative of the strengths of different faculties
Localizationists CORRECT ANSWERS Believe that behaviors are linked to specific
locations
Paul Broca CORRECT ANSWERS discovered area in the brain (named for him) in the
left frontal lobe responsible for language production- Tan Tan - BA 44
Karl Wernicke CORRECT ANSWERS 1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions: area
of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person damaged in this
area uses correct words but they do not make sense - BA 22
Perisylvian Lesion CORRECT ANSWERS lesion near sylvian sulcus
Geschwind CORRECT ANSWERS (1960s): Raised importance of supramarginal (BA
40) and angular gyri (BA 39) - Important areas for reading and writing
Cognitivism CORRECT ANSWERS Intellect is somewhat disordered in Aphasia -
Cannot separate language from cognition
Trousseau CORRECT ANSWERS (1800s-1860s): Intelligence is always impaired with
Aphasia
Jackson CORRECT ANSWERS (1830s-1911): Aphasia is a propositional disturbance:
goal directed utterance - Content to convey an idea - People with Aphasia struggle to
share ideas- Cognitivists separated propositional disturbance from automatic language -
People with Aphasia tend to have more success with automatic language. - Difficulty
formulating language to get specific ideas across - Answering questions that require
thought are difficult. - Propositional speech requires thought and integration of ideas. -
, Jackson called localizationists "Diagram Makers" - Ideas collided between
localizationists and cognitivists
Marie CORRECT ANSWERS (1850s-1940): Did not believe Broca - Language is not
just on the left side because his patients did not have lesions in that areas - Believed
that language is all over the brain
Head CORRECT ANSWERS Aphasia is a symbolic disorder (not language) - Language
is all symbols
Goldstein CORRECT ANSWERS (1880-1965): Aphasia is an abstract thinking deficit -
People with Aphasia can't react to things in a conceptual manner - Can only use
concrete language
Weisenberg and McBride CORRECT ANSWERS (1930s): A lot of variability in Aphasia
- There may not necessarily be cognitive deficits
Jacobson CORRECT ANSWERS (1956): Neurolinguist - Looked at phonological
aspects - Noun v. Verb usage - Tenses - How do they use linguistic constructs?
Propositional disturbance CORRECT ANSWERS Propositional speech deficit because
the automatics are intact. The ability to convey intent is impaired. - Cognitive
perspective
Concrete-Abstract CORRECT ANSWERS Abstract language is propositional and this is
the deficit in Aphasia - Cognitivist perspective
Uni-Dimensional: CORRECT ANSWERS Associated with Marie and Schuell - Aphasia
is one disorder that encompasses all aspects of language (reading, writing, auditory
comprehension, visual comprehension, etc.) -Believed in finding specific strengths and
weaknesses - Build the language system by using the strengths - No differential
diagnosis
Multi-dimensional CORRECT ANSWERS There are different types of Aphasia that are
based on the site of lesion and the behaviors that are seen. - Localizationist - Western
Aphasia Battery (WAB), Kortez - Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE),
Goodglass and Kaplan
Microgenetic CORRECT ANSWERS Lesions in certain areas lead to specific deficits -
The older you are, the more localized your brain is - More connections=more
localization - Believes in parallel processing of information for language - Localizationist
perspective
Thought Process CORRECT ANSWERS Idea that Aphasia is a problem with semantic
expression, due to thought processing deficits - Cognitivist perspective
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Expressive/Non-fluent Aphasia CORRECT ANSWERS Type of aphasia in which
expression by speech or writing is severely impaired
Receptive/Fluent Aphasia CORRECT ANSWERS Type of aphasia characterized by
fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken
or written words
Gall CORRECT ANSWERS Used phrenology to link behaviors to specific parts of the
brain
Phrenology CORRECT ANSWERS a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as
indicative of the strengths of different faculties
Localizationists CORRECT ANSWERS Believe that behaviors are linked to specific
locations
Paul Broca CORRECT ANSWERS discovered area in the brain (named for him) in the
left frontal lobe responsible for language production- Tan Tan - BA 44
Karl Wernicke CORRECT ANSWERS 1848-1905; Field: perception; Contributions: area
of left temporal lobe involved language understanding; Studies: person damaged in this
area uses correct words but they do not make sense - BA 22
Perisylvian Lesion CORRECT ANSWERS lesion near sylvian sulcus
Geschwind CORRECT ANSWERS (1960s): Raised importance of supramarginal (BA
40) and angular gyri (BA 39) - Important areas for reading and writing
Cognitivism CORRECT ANSWERS Intellect is somewhat disordered in Aphasia -
Cannot separate language from cognition
Trousseau CORRECT ANSWERS (1800s-1860s): Intelligence is always impaired with
Aphasia
Jackson CORRECT ANSWERS (1830s-1911): Aphasia is a propositional disturbance:
goal directed utterance - Content to convey an idea - People with Aphasia struggle to
share ideas- Cognitivists separated propositional disturbance from automatic language -
People with Aphasia tend to have more success with automatic language. - Difficulty
formulating language to get specific ideas across - Answering questions that require
thought are difficult. - Propositional speech requires thought and integration of ideas. -
, Jackson called localizationists "Diagram Makers" - Ideas collided between
localizationists and cognitivists
Marie CORRECT ANSWERS (1850s-1940): Did not believe Broca - Language is not
just on the left side because his patients did not have lesions in that areas - Believed
that language is all over the brain
Head CORRECT ANSWERS Aphasia is a symbolic disorder (not language) - Language
is all symbols
Goldstein CORRECT ANSWERS (1880-1965): Aphasia is an abstract thinking deficit -
People with Aphasia can't react to things in a conceptual manner - Can only use
concrete language
Weisenberg and McBride CORRECT ANSWERS (1930s): A lot of variability in Aphasia
- There may not necessarily be cognitive deficits
Jacobson CORRECT ANSWERS (1956): Neurolinguist - Looked at phonological
aspects - Noun v. Verb usage - Tenses - How do they use linguistic constructs?
Propositional disturbance CORRECT ANSWERS Propositional speech deficit because
the automatics are intact. The ability to convey intent is impaired. - Cognitive
perspective
Concrete-Abstract CORRECT ANSWERS Abstract language is propositional and this is
the deficit in Aphasia - Cognitivist perspective
Uni-Dimensional: CORRECT ANSWERS Associated with Marie and Schuell - Aphasia
is one disorder that encompasses all aspects of language (reading, writing, auditory
comprehension, visual comprehension, etc.) -Believed in finding specific strengths and
weaknesses - Build the language system by using the strengths - No differential
diagnosis
Multi-dimensional CORRECT ANSWERS There are different types of Aphasia that are
based on the site of lesion and the behaviors that are seen. - Localizationist - Western
Aphasia Battery (WAB), Kortez - Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE),
Goodglass and Kaplan
Microgenetic CORRECT ANSWERS Lesions in certain areas lead to specific deficits -
The older you are, the more localized your brain is - More connections=more
localization - Believes in parallel processing of information for language - Localizationist
perspective
Thought Process CORRECT ANSWERS Idea that Aphasia is a problem with semantic
expression, due to thought processing deficits - Cognitivist perspective
