[Solved] Aitchison's 10 Features of Language Include "Spontaneous Usage

Q63:  During a visuospatial task, A) males and females showed very similar patterns of right hemisphere activation. B) males were more likely to activate both hemispheres than females. C) females were more likely to activate both hemispheres than males. D) males and females showed very similar patterns of left hemisphere activation.

Q64:  Compared with healthy controls, individuals with schizophrenia A) show no differences in the lateralization of language. B) are less likely to be ambidextrous. C) are more likely to lateralize language to the left hemisphere. D) are more likely to lateralize language to the right hemisphere or to show no hemisphere asymmetry.

Q65:  Savant behaviors occur A) only in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. B) in the majority of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and mental retardation. C) in people whose intellectual function is in the intellectual disability range. D) only in people who have experienced brain damage.

Q66:  Most savant behaviors involve behaviors that are typically A) lateralized to the right hemisphere. B) lateralized to the left hemisphere. C) lateralized. D) managed by subcortical structures.

Q67:  Language is found in A) all human cultures. B) most but not all contemporary human cultures. C) a minority of contemporary human cultures. D) all contemporary human cultures but probably did not occur in most human societies until approximately 15,000 years ago.

Q69:  In Aitchison's criteria for language, the fact that we learn language through simple exposure is an example of A) duality. B) cultural transmission. C) spontaneous usage. D) displacement.

Q70:  In Aitchison's criteria for language, the fact that the word chair can be used to describe all chairs is an example of A) arbitrariness. B) duality. C) displacement. D) semanticity.

Q71:  Learning a spoken language is different from other types of learning in that A) the ability to learn language is closely tied to measures of intelligence. B) no specific instruction is necessary. C) there is no evidence for genetic influences on language learning. D) simple exposure is insufficient for learning to occur.

Q72:  Support for a separate "language module" in the brain comes from A) the universality of language in human cultures. B) the human ability to learn spoken language through simple exposure rather than formal instruction. C) observations of a disconnect between language abilities and overall intelligence. D) controversies regarding the language abilities of nonhuman primates.

Q73:  The language deficits of the KE family may originate in A) a single gene on Chromosome 7. B) multiple genes on Chromosome 7. C) a single gene on the X chromosome. D) multiple genes on the X chromosome.