History of Psycho-/Neurolinguistics

Which processes does psycholinguistics focus on?

• Encoding and decoding

• Message

• Intentive behavior

• Interpretive behavior

Which of these was not a root of psycholinguistics?

• Interest about how language originated

• Experiments about language in the brain

• Interest in sign language

• Language acquisition in children

What is phylogenesis?

• speech development in the moment

• evolution of language

• the birth of a tribe

• speech development from childhood

What is ontogenesis?

• speech development in the moment

• evolution of language

• the birth of a tribe

• speech development from childhood

Which of these is not a theory of language origins?

• Bow-wow

• Yo-he-ho

• Pooh-pooh

• Aua

What is synergastic theory of language origin?

• Language emerged by imitating sounds around

• Language emerged from working together in a rhythm

• Language emerged from involuntarily expressing emotions

• Language emerged from singing songs

How was the idea that you can understand a personality from one's face called?

• Psycholinguistics

• Phrenology

• Phraseology

• Physiognomy

How was the idea that you can study personality from one's skull called?

• Psycholinguistics

• Phraseology

• Phrenology

• Physiognomy

What is not one of the 4 major parts of the brain, according to Flourens?

• Cerebellum

• Medulla

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

What was Flourens's argument against localization?

• There is loss of speech only in patients with left hemiplegia

• There is loss of speech only in patients with right hemiplegia

• You can cut out a piece of cortex in any place and the patient will not lose brain function

• Language is in the anterior lobes