The text offers this as an inclusive term for a group of distinct mental processes that includes a wide range of functions such as attention, memory, perception, understanding, and thought:
a. Attention
b. Memory
c. Perception
d. Cognition
Question 2Global mental functions are those general mental functions that define an individual's personality and learning style. Which of the following is true of global mental functions?
a. They include the process of consciously setting mental goals, planning their attainment, and monitoring action related to both the goals and the plans.
b. They are related to the awareness of one's identity, one's body, one's position in the reality of one's environment, and of time function.
c. They are largely below the level of conscious awareness.
d. They are functions of the brain and central nervous system that underlie physiological function and have no impact on learning.
Question 3A difculty with producing the sounds of oral speech is:
a. Aphasia
b. Apraxia
c. Dysarthria
d. Mutism
Question 4All of the following are true of the prelinguistic period of language development EXCEPT:
a. It includes the period from birth to approximately 12 months of age.
b. It is characterized by children's exploration of the environment with their caregivers.
c. In this period, children do not develop receptive language skills.
d. Communication in this period is made up of unintentional and intentional nonspeech communication.
Question 5The important rst word is typically uttered at about:
a. 1 year of age
b. 6 months of age
c. 18 months of age
d. None of the above
Question 6Identify the correct sequence of language learning:
a. Receptive language develops first and is followed by expressive language.
b. Expressive language develops first and is followed by receptive language.
c. Receptive and expressive language develop simultaneously.
d. There is no correct sequence. The sequence varies based on cultural influences.
Question 7At about 31 to 34 months of age, children add detail to their language that allows them to use correct word order and sentence structure. This is called:
a. Development of syntax
b. Sentence embedding
c. Pragmatics
d. Language acquisition device
Question 8Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Communication is a complex and dynamic system of symbols that can be used in spoken and written form.
b. Speech is a broad term that encompasses all forms of communication.
c. Language is a symbolic communication system that is learned rather than biologically inherited.
d. Semantics include the cultural rules associated talking and interpersonal exchange.
Question 9The earliest developmental stage in communication described in the lecture is:
a. Intentional behavior, when caregivers interpret an individual's needs and desires from behaviors such as body movements, facial expressions, vocalizations, and eye gaze
b. Conventional presymbolic behaviors like pointing, nodding, or shaking the head, waving, hugging, and looking from a person to a desired object
c. Concrete symbolic communication in which children use concrete symbols in conjunction with gestures and words
d. Intrauterine communication through the mother's unintentional sharing of sounds during pregnancy
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