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WorksheetsMid Term Examination of Psycholinguistics
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 34mins
Psycholinguistics is ...
the study of the mental representations and processes involved in language use
the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes (of language, perception, memory, attention, reasoning, & emotion)
the scientific study of the human mind and behavior
In human brain there are language areas that have been proposed for the processing of comprehension and production. These specific areas have been identified as below, except:
The upper part of temporal lobe is the main area involved in auditory reception.
The primary visual cortex is the area mainly used for the process of visual stimuli whereas the primary auditory cortex is for auditory stimuli
Wernicke’s area plays a major part in the comprehension of speech or visual
The primary visual cortex is the area mainly used for the process of auditory stimuli whereas the primary auditorium cortex is for visual stimuli
The sounds that infants make involve many but not all of the speech sounds that occur in the languages of the world -- In what stage of development of speech production is that?
Vocalization to babbling
Babbling to speech
Explaining the acquisition order of consonants and vowels
Holophrastic function:
the child uses a single word to express the thought for which mature speakers will use a whole sentence
child starts to add function words and inflections to their utterances
around 2 years of age or so children begin to produce two- and three-word utterances
Morpheme acquisition:
around 2 years of age or so children begin to produce two- and three-word utterances
the child uses a single word to express the thought for which mature speakers will use a whole sentence
child starts to add function words and inflections to their utterances
Which one is incorrect?
Speech comprehension necessarily precedes speech production
Speech production necessarily precedes speech comprehension
Thought as the basis of speech comprehension
Which one is incorrect?
Parentese is the sort of speech that children receive when they are young
Parentese involves the use of vocabulary and syntax that is overly simplified and reduced
Parentese is also referred to as ‘Motherese’, ‘caregiver speech’, ‘Adult-to-Child Language’
Dyslexia difficulties originate from...
poor reading instruction
phonological component of language
family history of dyslexia
What is NOT a sign of dyslexia in elementary children?
trouble clapping hands to rhythm of song
understanding rhyming words
can understand spoken directions
What can you do to help dyslexic students?
Present work in large amounts
Divide work into smaller amounts
Which one is NOT interactions between infant and caregiver?
Joint reference
turn taking
situational behavior
baby talk
not any
Which one is NOT development of Joint reference?
Caregiver places object in child’s field of vision; shakes object; says, “Look”
Infant visually follows caregiver’s movements
Paralinguistic modifications of pitch and loudness
Infant follows caregiver’s line of regard and response quickens with caregiver’s “Look”
Which one is NOT strategies that can help children acquire linguistic knowledge:
evocative utterance
hypothesis testing
grossly discriminating words
interrogative utterance
selective imitation
When confronting all the language data around them, children may use two general cognitive processes (Tomasello, 2003):
evocative utterance and hypothesis testing
interrogative utterance and selective imitation
intention reading and pattern finding
As a child is attempting to comprehend the communicative intention of an utterance, he or she may also be attempting to comprehend the functional roles being played by its various components of that utterance. This process of children acquire language is part of ...
pattern finding
intention reading
Adult speech to toddlers:
modelling (child-directed speech)
intention reading
pattern finding
Help your toddler by giving them plenty of stimulation:
say words i.g.: "mommy" "daddy"
wave "bye bye" to other people or object
point to things
give responses
