1) ________ models are inspired by patterns of neural activity in the brain.
a.parallel distributed processing
b.modularity
c.visuospatial sketchpad
d.autonoetic
2) bickertons language bioprogram hypothesis:
a.suggests that children are born with a backup linguistic system
b.cannot explain reports of congenitally deaf children who formed their own gestural
system of communication
c.does not apply when the childs adult linguistic input is limited
d.says that we need to look beyond cognitive factors to explain language development
3) the study of speech sounds that references the movements within the vocal tract is:
a.acoustic phonetics
b.speech perception
c.categorical perception
d.articulatory phonetics
4) slobin (1985)s term __________ refers to his observation that children raised
anywhere in the world undergo the same early stages of grammatical development.
a.semantic bootstrapping
b.basic child grammar
c.fast-mapping
d.expressive strategy
5) conduction aphasia is due to damage to the:
a.corpus callosum
b.arcuate fasciculus
c.angular gyrus
d.left cerebral hemisphere
6) the production of vowels is characterized by:
a.whether they are voiced or unvoiced
b.the location of constriction in the vocal tract
c.the position and height of the tongue
d.the degree of frication
7) the unexpected finding from collins and quillians research was that:
a.atypical category members took longer to verify than typical members
b.children verify basic level terms faster than adults do
c.verification times were faster when shared featural information was available at every
node
d.distance between nodes did not affect reaction time
8) the delay in the release of vocal cord vibration between the release of a consonant
and the start of a vowel is called:
a.frication
b.voice onset time
c.a formant transition
d.a glide
9) brocas aphasia is characterized by:
a.injury to the left occipital lobe
b.deficits of comprehension but not production
c.agrammatic speech
d.all of the above
10) in the sentence i want to go home, go home is:
a.a complement, consisting of a noun phrase that contains a verb
b.a coordination, consisting of a noun phrase that contains a verb
c.an object-relative clause, in which ball is the object of play
d.a gerund, in which the entire noun phrase is used as a verb
11) which of the following does not appear to influence the order of acquisition of
grammatical morphemes?
a.the semantic complexity of the morphemes
b.the syntactic complexity of the morphemes
c.the frequency of occurrence of the morphemes
d.the frequency of occurrence in the speech of parents or caregivers