Language Production - PSYC 224 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update
2025/2026
A (they are not that common, which makes it harder to study) - Answers Which of the following
statements about speech errors is NOT true?
A) Speech errors are extremely common.
B) Speech errors are the result of competition between linguistic units, like sounds
C) Speech errors can occur at multiple levels of language
D) Speech errors are a useful way to understand how the language production system is
structured
B - Answers Which of the following is a true statement about the Two-Step Discrete Model?
A) It allows information to flow from phonology back to semantic and syntactic retrieval
B) It is serial and discrete
C) It predicts that meaning and sound errors will interact
D) It predicts that sound errors will occur over relatively long distances
C - Answers The Interactive Activation Model explains the finding that:
A) Word errors occur over very short distances
B) Phonological errors often occur over long distances
C) Errors tend to make words (lexical bias)
D) The Freudian explanation for speech errors was correct
D - Answers How does the result of Baars, Motley, and MacKay (1975) relate to other speech
error findings?
A) Using a sentence repetition task, they confirmed that some speech errors are easier to notice
than others
B) Using a database of speech errors, they confirmed that speech errors are not very common
C) Using a picture-naming paradigm, they confirmed that many speech errors are semantically
and phonologically related to the target word (mixed errors)
D) Using an experiment that induced speech errors, they confirmed that speech errors tend to
make words (lexical bias)
2025/2026
A (they are not that common, which makes it harder to study) - Answers Which of the following
statements about speech errors is NOT true?
A) Speech errors are extremely common.
B) Speech errors are the result of competition between linguistic units, like sounds
C) Speech errors can occur at multiple levels of language
D) Speech errors are a useful way to understand how the language production system is
structured
B - Answers Which of the following is a true statement about the Two-Step Discrete Model?
A) It allows information to flow from phonology back to semantic and syntactic retrieval
B) It is serial and discrete
C) It predicts that meaning and sound errors will interact
D) It predicts that sound errors will occur over relatively long distances
C - Answers The Interactive Activation Model explains the finding that:
A) Word errors occur over very short distances
B) Phonological errors often occur over long distances
C) Errors tend to make words (lexical bias)
D) The Freudian explanation for speech errors was correct
D - Answers How does the result of Baars, Motley, and MacKay (1975) relate to other speech
error findings?
A) Using a sentence repetition task, they confirmed that some speech errors are easier to notice
than others
B) Using a database of speech errors, they confirmed that speech errors are not very common
C) Using a picture-naming paradigm, they confirmed that many speech errors are semantically
and phonologically related to the target word (mixed errors)
D) Using an experiment that induced speech errors, they confirmed that speech errors tend to
make words (lexical bias)
