Quiz on Psycholinguistics

What is the field that studies the relationship between language and the brain?

• Neuroscience

• Psycholinguistics

• Cognitive Science

• Sociolinguistics

Which area of the brain is associated with Broca's aphasia?

• Above the left ear

• Left temple

• Right hemisphere

• Frontal lobe

What phenomenon describes the experience of being unable to recall a word that is on the tip of your tongue?

• Spoonerism

• Tip of the Tongue

• Aphasia

• Neuroplasticity

Who discovered Broca's area?

• B.F. Skinner

• Noam Chomsky

• Paul Broca

• Carl Wernicke

In the kiki/bouba experiment, which shape is typically associated with the name 'kiki'?

• Flat shape

• Sharp shape

• Blobby shape

• Round shape

What type of experiment measures how much of a word a participant needs to hear before recognizing it?

• Neuroimaging experiment

• Eyetracking experiment

• Priming experiment

• Gating experiment

What does an EEG measure?

• Magnetic fields in the brain

• Blood flow in the brain

• Electrical activity of neurons

• Chemical changes in the brain

Which type of aphasia allows individuals to speak fluently but nonsensically?

• Anomic aphasia

• Broca's aphasia

• Global aphasia

• Wernicke's aphasia

What is the primary focus of psycholinguistics?

• Language evolution

• Language and the brain

• Language disorders

• Language acquisition

What is a garden path sentence?

• A sentence that is grammatically incorrect

• A sentence that misleads the reader into an incorrect interpretation

• A sentence that contains multiple meanings

• A sentence that is easy to understand