LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT TEST 2
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Language acquisition device (LAD) - ANS Chomsky's term for the home of language rules in
the brain
Schemes - ANS mental representations that underlies ability to organize
Assimilation - ANS use of existing schemes to incorporate external stimuli
-the way an organism continually integrates new information into what you already know
Accomodation - ANS transformation process in response to external stimuli that does not
already fit into any available scheme and therefore cannot be assimilated
Equilibrium - ANS state of cognitive balance between incoming stimuli and organism's
cognitive scheme
Neuroscience - ANS the study of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
Neuroanatomy - ANS structure of the nervous system, where everything is located
Neurophysiology - ANS how the brain function
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, Neurolinguistics - ANS the study of neuroanatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of language
Neuron - ANS nerve cell; the most basic unit of the nervous system
Do neurons touch? - ANS never
Nerve - ANS collection of neurons
-has a cell body, axon, and dendrites
Axon - ANS communicates messages away from the cell body
dendrites - ANS receives messages and goes towards the neuron
synapse - ANS the space between neurons
how do neurons communicate? - ANS electrophysically
Afferent - ANS TOWARD the brain
Efferent - ANS AWAY from the brain
CNS is encased in - ANS bone and meninges
Job of the brainstem - ANS regulates involuntary reactions
Job of the central nervous system - ANS monitors the body's state by exchanging information
from senses/organs to other organs/muscles
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Language acquisition device (LAD) - ANS Chomsky's term for the home of language rules in
the brain
Schemes - ANS mental representations that underlies ability to organize
Assimilation - ANS use of existing schemes to incorporate external stimuli
-the way an organism continually integrates new information into what you already know
Accomodation - ANS transformation process in response to external stimuli that does not
already fit into any available scheme and therefore cannot be assimilated
Equilibrium - ANS state of cognitive balance between incoming stimuli and organism's
cognitive scheme
Neuroscience - ANS the study of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
Neuroanatomy - ANS structure of the nervous system, where everything is located
Neurophysiology - ANS how the brain function
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, Neurolinguistics - ANS the study of neuroanatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of language
Neuron - ANS nerve cell; the most basic unit of the nervous system
Do neurons touch? - ANS never
Nerve - ANS collection of neurons
-has a cell body, axon, and dendrites
Axon - ANS communicates messages away from the cell body
dendrites - ANS receives messages and goes towards the neuron
synapse - ANS the space between neurons
how do neurons communicate? - ANS electrophysically
Afferent - ANS TOWARD the brain
Efferent - ANS AWAY from the brain
CNS is encased in - ANS bone and meninges
Job of the brainstem - ANS regulates involuntary reactions
Job of the central nervous system - ANS monitors the body's state by exchanging information
from senses/organs to other organs/muscles
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
