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Social Studies, World Languages, Science
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Psycholinguistics: Class 1
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the scientific study of the human mind and behavior?
psychology
cognitive science
cognitive psychology
linguistics
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the scientific study of language – analysis of form, meaning, and context?
linguistics
psychology
neurolinguistics
cognitive science
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which field of linguistics is particularly interested in the brain's control over the process of speech and understanding?
neurolinguistics
cognitive psychology
psycholinguistics
cognitive science
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is psycholinguistics?
It is the scientific study of language.
It is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language.
It is the science of behavior and mind.
It is the scientific study which invesigates the production and perception of sounds.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which field of linguistics deals with the study of language and ethnic types including behaiour?
ethnolinguistics
clinical linguistics
biolinguistics
developmental psycholinguistics
- 6. Multiple Choice
When was brain damage associated with language loss for the first time?
20th century
18th century
Ancient times (3000 BC)
1500 AD
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who postulated that the language of an individual reflects his/her psyche/mind?
Aristotle
Heraclitus
Wilhelm Wundt
Heymann Steinthal
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which areas does psycholinguistics comprise?
first language acquisition
second language acquisition
language production
all of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is ethology?
the study of behaviour, especially of animal behaviour, in the natural setting
the study of language acquisition
the application of computer tools in the study of language
the application of linguistic theories and methods to the analysis of disorders of spoken, written or signed language
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which areas is psycholinguistcs related to?
psychology
artificial intelligence
neurobiology
ethology
all of the above
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