WorksheetsIntroduction to Psycholinguistics (UTS)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
One of the characteristics distinguishing linguists and psycholinguists is…
A. The former focuses on language while the latter focuses on language and the brain
B. Linguists concern on the how people formulate linguistics units in the level of sentence while psycholinguist concerns on how brain enables people to produce sentences
C. Linguists learn internal structure of language while psycholinguists investigate the structure of brain in relation the its ability to processes language
D. All answers are correct
Which of the following statement that does not match with psycholinguistic study?
A. It discusses human and non-human communication
B. It deals with the role of brain’s area in relation to language tasks
C. It pays close attention to how certain social group uses language
D. It develops research on how mind has a great impact to the language ability
One of the influential factors that enables people use language is Language Acquisition Device (LAD). The true statement about LAD is .....
It is not naturally installed in mind since born
It is innate
It is the theoretical basis of behaviourism theory
It deals with language ability that deals closely with environment
The similarity between human and non-human species in psycholinguistic study is .....
A. They both have language
B. They both have the ability to deliver message through simple sentence
C. They both have the language areas in their brain
D. They are able to communicate
The following is the definition of the ability to have language knowledge through informal setting and unconscious way
A. Language Acquisition
B. Language Learning
C. Language Processing
D. Language Understanding
The aim of psycholinguistics is to find out about the structures and processes which underlie a human’s ability to speak and understand language. This statement is introduced by………
A. Leonard Bloomfield
B. Jean Aitchison
C. Ronald Wardaugh
D. Pierre Bourdieu
Language has many characteristics, except
A. Language is arbitrary
B. Language is a social phenomenon
C. Language is a symbolic system
D. Language Is non-systematic
The areas of the brain that underwent greatest development appear to be specifically associated with language: the frontal lobes and the junction of the parietal, occipital and temporal lobes (the POT junction – more of this later). This statement can be found in ...
A. Mattew J Traxler and Morton Ann Gersbacher’s Handbook of Psycholinguistics
B. John C L Ingram’s Neurolinguistics
C. Brigitte Stemmer and Harry A Whitaker’s Handbook of Neurolinguistics
D. Mattew J Traxler’s Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Understanding Language Science
The brain area this is responsible for auditory reception and speech comprehension is called?
A. Fissure of Rolando
B. Wernicke’s Area
C. Left Hemisphere
D. Broca’s Area
The correct statement related to Broca’s area is ....
A. It is located in temporal and frontal lobes
B. It is responsible for speech production
C. It has to do with speech comprehension
D. It is close to Exner’s centre
Which statement below that is incorrect related to our brain?
A. It consists of two hemispheres
B. Each hemisphere controls the opposite side of our body
C. It may be impacted by Aphasia
D. Each individual may or may not have Broca and Wernicke’s area in his or her brain
The correct statement related to the left hemisphere is ......
A. Mostly language is processed on the left-brain hemisphere
B. The left hemisphere controls the left side of our body
C. Left hemisphere does not have any role in language processing
D. It deals with perceptual and spatial representation
What is Aphasia?
A. It is a disorder in left hemisphere
B. It is a disorder in the ability to produce or to understand spoken language
C. It makes someone loss of behaviour control
D. It is a disorder in learning and acquiring language
Aphasia a term that covers a very broad range of language disorders that are commonly caused by tissue damage or destruction in the brain. This is the statement of ......
A. Carl Wernicke
B. Paul Broca
C. Stephen C Levinson
D. Matthew J Traxler
Aphasia that causes his or her patient with the problem of word substitution is called?
A. Broca and wernicke’s aphasia
B. Broca’s aphasia
C. Wernicke’s aphasia
D. Temporal lobe aphasia
