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1
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what Hemisphere of the brain is language located 90 percent of the time ?

A

left

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2
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word for disorder involving language

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aphasia

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3
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aphasia that render people unable to speak

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Broca’s Aphasia

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aphasia that renders people unable to comprehend speech

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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What is Global Aphasia

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Both Wernicke’s area and Broca’s area are damaged

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what is the name for the bundle of nerves that connects Wernicke’s area to Broca’s area

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Arcuate Fasciculus

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7
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what aphasia is the result of damage to Arcuate Fasciculus

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Conducting aphasia

aka Associative aphasia

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8
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inability to write

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agraphia

g for gel pen

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9
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inability to name objects or in retrieving words

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anomia

you think your mother has this

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10
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Thick band of nerve fibers that connect Left and Right hemispheres of the brain

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corpus callosum

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11
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what does the brain has contralateral organization mean?

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information gets processed in opposite hemisphere from the side of the body it was perceived

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12
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Thoughts dictate language completely

Human Cognition shapes language

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universalism

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13
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what is another name for Weak Linguistic Determinism?

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Relativism

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what is another name for Strong Linguistic Determinism

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Sapir-Whorfian hypothesis

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15
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Language determines thought completely

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Sapir- Whorfain hypothesis

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16
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Language influence thought

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Relativism

17
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Theory of Language development that states that children are born with the ability to learn language

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Nativist perspective

18
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Theory of Language development that states children arn’t born with anything, they only acquire language through operant conditioning

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Behaviorist theory

19
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what is the timeline for language acquistiion?

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9-12 months = babbling
12-18 months=about one word per month
18-20 month= explosion of language 
2-3 years= 3 or more word sentences 
5+years= language rules mostly mastered
20
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Lexicon

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a set of vocabulary items

21
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Lexical access

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refers to identifying a word and connecting it to its meaning

22
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Phonology

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actual sound of language

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Semantics

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association of meaning with word

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syntax

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how words are put together in sentences

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Pragmatics

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Dependences of language on context and pre-existing knowledge.

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