Chapter 6

Question 1

Consisting of dissimilar or diverse individuals or constituents

Answer 1

Heterogenous

Question 2

Number of individuals diagnosed with particular disorder at a given time

Answer 2

Prevalence

Question 3

Rate at which a disorder appears in the normal population over a period

Answer 3

Incidence

Question 4

Significant and/or expressive language impairments that cannot be attributed to any general or specific cause or condition

Answer 4

Specific Language Impairment

Question 5

Ability to infer the meaning of an auditory message based on the context of the information and the long term stored memory of words and general knowledge

Answer 5

Receptive language

Question 6

Unit of coal expression that is preceded and followed by silence

Answer 6

Utterance

Question 7

Ability to think and talk about language

Answer 7

Metalinguistics

Question 8

Disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language

Answer 8

Learning disability

Question 9

Impaired comprehension or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems; don’t catch up with peers and need intervention

Answer 9

Language disorder

Question 10

What 3 parts of language could a language disorder affect?

Answer 10

Form, content, function

Question 11

Syntax, morphology, phonology

Answer 11

Form

Question 12

Semantics

Answer 12

Content

Question 13

Pragmatics

Answer 13

Function

Question 14

Implies slow start at developing language but has an ability to catch up with peers

Answer 14

Language Delay

Question 15

Expressive language affected by cultural and linguistic diversity

Answer 15

Language difference

Question 16

What is social communication composed of?

Answer 16

Social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics

Question 17

Work or activity that leads to a clinical decision

Answer 17

Assessment

Question 18

What are the three words that describe therapy for language disorders?

Answer 18

Attainable, Functional, Effective

Question 19

Impaired comprehension or use of spoken, written, or other symbol systems

Answer 19

Language disorder

Question 20

What problems may a child have if they have a receptive language disorder?

Answer 20

Have issues with questions and may not be able to follow directions

Question 21

What problems may a child have if they have an expressive language disorder?

Answer 21

Cannot understand what they’re saying, not able to describe, use the wrong tense and pronouns

Question 22

What other disorder is associated with language disorders?

Answer 22

Learning disabilities