Chapter 14: Human Communication

Chapter 14: Human Communication

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple-Choice Questions

 

14.1-1. Patient R.F. was unable to ________ after damage to her ________.

1. write; corpus callosum
2. read; left hemisphere
3. spell; right hemisphere
4. spell; left hemisphere
5. type; corpus callosum

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-1

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Opening Vignette

Skill: Factual

Answer: b. read; left hemisphere

Rationale: Patient R.F. was unable to read after damage to her left hemisphere.

 

14.1-2. After sustaining brain damage in an automobile accident, patient R.F.

1. could not read words aloud, but could detect spelling errors.
2. was unable to spell the names of common objects.
3. could type, but not read.
4. was unable to type, but could pronounce the names of common objects.
5. was able to remember the names of common objects.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-2

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Opening Vignette

Skill: Factual

Answer: a. could not read words aloud, but could detect spelling errors.

Rationale: After sustaining brain damage in an automobile accident, patient R.F. could not read words aloud, but could detect spelling errors.

 

14.1-3. The basic function of our verbal behavior is to

1. exert behavioral effects on others.
2. allow us to share information with others.
3. allow us to accumulate knowledge from generation to generation.
4. are a form of social behavior.
5. allow others to judge our emotional state.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-3

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Introduction

Skill: Conceptual

Answer: a.  exert behavioral effects on others.

Rationale: The basic function of our verbal behavior is to exert behavioral effects on others.

 

14.1-4. The primary source of our knowledge about the physiology of language is studies of

1. blood flow to language areas in intact, normal people while they are talking.
2. non-human primates.
3. people who have suffered brain lesions.
4. patients with brain tumors.
5. changes in verbal behavior after the consumption of drugs such as alcohol.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-4

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. people who have suffered brain lesions.

Rationale:  The primary source of our knowledge about the physiology of language is from studies of people who have suffered brain lesions.

 

14.1-5. Most of our knowledge about the physiology of language has been obtained by studying

1. the verbal behavior of non-human primates.
2. changes in blood flow to language areas in intact, normal people while they are talking.
3. language function in people who have suffered cerebrovascular accidents or strokes.
4. behavioral patterns in patients with brain tumors.
5. changes in verbal behavior after consumption of drugs such as alcohol or cocaine.

Difficulty: 2

Question ID: 14.1-5

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms

Skill: Factual

Answer: c. language function in people who have suffered cerebrovascular accidents or strokes.

Rationale: Most of our knowledge about the physiology of language has been obtained by studying language function in people who have suffered cerebrovascular accidents or strokes.

 

14.1-6. The most common form of cerebrovascular accident is that produced by

1. phagocytosis associated with aging.
2. the rupture of a blood vessel in brain.
3. chronic abnormal neuron electrical activity.
4. obstruction of blood flow in a brain vessel.
5. overconsumption of alcohol.

Difficulty: 1

Question ID: 14.1-6

Page Ref: 480

Topic:  Speech Production and Comprehension: Brain Mechanisms

Skill: Factual

Answer: d. obstruction of blood flow in a brain vessel.

Rationale: The most common form of cerebrovascular accident is that produced by obstruction of blood flow in a brain vessel.