Question 1 .

The word “Superman” is…

1. A call to action.
2. important to our survival.
3. A sign of power.
4. A symbol of a concept of a certain man.
5. Similar in looks and sound to the man of steel.

Question 2 .

 Which of the following is a Symbol form…

1. Art.
2. Music.
3. Dance.
4. Language.
5. All of the above.

Question 3 .

 Associated with Natavistic Theories of Language Development are…

1. Brain cell organization.
2. A biological time table for development.
3. Special brain structures.
4. Windows of opportunity to enhance language development.
5. All of the above.

Question 4 .

After kissing his “pet” bee while in bed and getting painfully stung, little Edward does not kiss nor keep pet bees in his bed any more.  This is an example of…

1. beehive behavior
2. assimilation.
3. accommodation.
4. profiling and hence poor judgement.
5. Shakespeare’s advice, “to bee or not to bee.”

Question 5 .

Speech, as an oral communication is…

1. based on a series of body of signs.
2. presentational.
3. discursive.
4. based on a series of oral signs
5. all of the above.

Question 6 .

In talking about child development, Windows of Opportunity…

1. are the best means for observing a child’s behavior when they are not looking.
2. suggest a time table for brain stimulation.
3. are fragile structures located in the skull just behind the ears
4. none of the above.

Question 7 .

At two and a half months, the brain of the child is typically…

1. 25% of the size of the adult brain.
2. 50%100 of the size of the adult brain.
3. 75% of the size of the adult brain.
4. 100% of the size of the adult brain.
5. 150% of the size of an adult professor’s brain.

Question 8 .

Two very powerful factors that can facilitate the development of brain growth and cognition children are…

1. inhaling pure oxygen and a line of cocaine prescribed by a physician twice a week.
2. breathing a carbon dioxide atmosphere enriched with methane.
3. Stimulation in the way of being held, touched and talked to, and having lots of toys and experiences; and a diet starting with mother’s milk rich in protein  and vitamins.
4. having access to all of the latest Ipads and apps from an early age on.
5. having free access to Television and a diet rich in hostess twinkies.

Question 9 .

I may have retained my visual concept for an apple, but I can’t retrieve it.   The end result is…

1. I don’t recognize the apple when I see it.
2. I have a condition called Visual Agnosia
3. I can recognize and even say the name of an apple if I hear the sound of an apple being eaten.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.

Question 10 .

Which of the following is a transducer…

1. The eyes.
2. The ears
3. The skin with its sensory neurons.
4. The lips, tongue, soft palate and the larynx.
5. all of the above.

Question 11 .

When the lips are closed, positive pressure in the Oral cavity is achieved by exhaling and…

1. closing the vocal folds.
2. closing the velum.
3. opening the velum.
4. opening the vocal folds.
5. swallowing.

Question 12 .

In terms of communication, Hellen Keller had major problems in …

1. the Kinesthetic and Auditory modalities.
2. the Visual and Tactile modalities.
3. the Visual and Auditory modalities.
4. Intellectual development.
5. the Visual and Vestibular modalities.

Question 13 .

The modality most involved in the first few months in helping a baby learn about the environment is…

1. Visual Modality.
2. Auditory Modality.
3. Haptic Modality
4. Vestibular Modality.
5. all modalities contribute equally.

Question 14 .

Perceptions are the result of…

1. innate neurological processes inherited through our species.
2. the accumulation of past experiences.
3. memory and expectancies
4. stimulation of the transducers
5. all of the above.

Question 15 .

In Mysaks Model, finding the proper motor pattern to perform an act  such as dressing one’s self or talking is possible because of a neural process in the…

1. the governor.
2. transducer
3. the mixer.
4. modulator.
5. comparator

Question 16 .

If a parent says “don’t take cookies from the cookie jar or you will be in deep trouble”, what type of stimulus is this (from Born to Talk)?

1. Delta Stimulus.
2. Aversive Stimulus.
3. Discriminative Stimulus.
4. Tactile Stimulus.
5. none of the above.

Question 17 .

What is the imitation of a model when objects or ideas are present (from Born to Talk)?

1. Autoclitic.
2. Intraverbal.
3. Mand.
4. Tact.
5. Echoic.

Question 18 .

What was the main idea for Chomky’s theory (from Born to Talk)?

1. Language is learned by selective reinforcement.
2. Language is processed by universal and innate rules governing deep and surface structure.
3. Language and thought develop as parallel processes.
4. Function, not abstract grammar generates language structure.
5. Language develops through social interaction and construction.

Question 19 .

Special neurons whose activity represents actions that can be used for imitating, recognizing and determining differences in the actions of others are known as _______ neurons (from Born to Talk).

1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Mirror
4. Mimic
5. Plasticity

Question 20 .

Behaviorists believe that language is learned by selective (from Born to Talk) …

1. Structure.
2. Determination.
3. Processes.
4. Reinforcement.
5. Interactions.