Quiz 1

Question 1

The tendency for speakers to stutter less and less (up to a point) when repeatedly reading a passage

Answer 1

Adaptation

Question 2

An individual’s ability to predict on which words or sounds he or she will stutter

Answer 2

Anticipation

Question 3

A feeling that has become a pervasive part of a person’s beliefs

Answer 3

Attitude

Question 4

A speaker’s attempt to prevent stuttering when he or she anticipates stuttering on a word or in a situation.

Answer 4

Avoidance Behavior

Question 5

What is a common word-used avoidance?

Answer 5

Interjections of extra sounds such as “uh” before the speaker says the word they expect to stutter on

Question 6

A disfluency that is an inappropriate stoppage of the flow of air or voice and often the movement of articulators

Answer 6

Block

Question 7

The tendency for speakers to stutter on the same words when reading a passage several times

Answer 7

Consistency

Question 8

The basic speech behaviors of stuttering

Answer 8

Core behaviors

Question 9

What are the 3 core behaviors of stuttering?

Answer 9

Repetition, blocks, prolongations

Question 10

A term used to denote the most common form of stuttering that develops during childhood (in contrast to stuttering that develops in response to a neurological event or trauma or emotional stress)

Answer 10

Developmental stuttering

Question 11

An interruption of speech—such as a repetition, hesitancy, or prolongation of sound—that may occur in both individuals who are developing typically and those who stutter

Answer 11

Disfluency

Question 12

A speaker’s attempts to terminate a stutter and finish the word. This occurs when the speaker is already in a moment of stuttering.

Answer 12

Escape behavior

Question 13

The effortless flow of speech

Answer 13

Fluency

Question 14

Differences among various types of a disorder

Answer 14

Heterogeneity

Question 15

An index of how many people have stuttered at some time in their lives

Answer 15

Incidence

Question 16

An interruption of speech in a typically developing individual

Answer 16

Normal disfluency

Question 17

A term used to indicate how widespread a disorder is over a relatively limited period of time

Answer 17

Prevalence

Question 18

A disfluency in which sound or air flow continues but movement of the articulators is stopped

Answer 18

Prolongation

Question 19

A sound, syllable, or single-syllable word that is repeated several times. The speaker is apparently “stuck” on that sound or syllable and continues repeating it until the following sound can be produced.

Answer 19

Repetition

Question 20

A speaker’s reactions to his or her repetitions, prolongations, and blocks in an attempt to end them quickly or avoid them altogether. Such reactions may begin as random struggle but soon turn into well-learned patterns.

Answer 20

Secondary behavior