CSD 146 Exam 1 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

What is communication? - Answer--Process of sharing information between two people -Transmission and reception What are the four main processes of communication? - Answer-*F*irst *T*hanksgiving *R*eally *C*ounts -Formulation -Transmission -Reception -Comprehension What is language? Define each component with examples - Answer--Socially shared code of words, sounds, symbols -Content (semantics) -Form (*S*yntax, *M*orphology, *P*honology) -Use (pragmatics) What is speech? What systems are involved in speech? - Answer--Involved activation of 3 muscle systems (respiration, phonation, articulation) -4 components of normal speech (breath support, voice, articulation, fluency) What is hearing? Define each component - Answer--Source creates a set of vibrations in surrounding air particles -Vibration of air particles create sound waves -The ear receives the sound waves -The brain processes the frequency and intensity of sound waves as pitch and loudness, and differentiates speech and non-speech sounds How does the brain process sound waves? Frequency of sound waves? Intensity of sound waves? - Answer--Brain senses vibration of air particles -How fast the air particles move back and forth is frequency -How far the air particles move back and forth is intensityWhat is the difference between communication differences and disorders? - Answer--Disorder: someone has significant difficulty forming, transmitting, receiving, or comprehending communicative messages with others (FTRC) *within* a linguistic community -Difference: a variation *between* linguistic communities such as slang Describe the different types of language disorders - Answer--Child language disorders (difficulty in the development of semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, and/or pragmatics) -Adult language disorders -Reading disorders Describe the different types of speech disorders - Answer--Articulation and phonological (distortions, substitutions, and omissions of speech sounds because of structural, articulatory, or perceptual problems) -Fluency (repetitions, prolongations, and blocks during speech) -Voice disorders (difficulties with voice production) -Motor speech disorders (distortions, substitutions, and omissions of speech sounds because of neurological problems)