Comprehension Quiz Chapter 4

What area of the brain is considered responsible for the ability to speak, according to the observations of Paul Pierre Broca?

• Right parietal area

• Right frontal area

• Left occipital area

• Left frontal area

What hypothesis proposed by Lenneberg suggests that children only have a limited number of years to acquire their L1 without issues if they suffer brain damage in language areas?

• Hypothesis of plasticity

• Hypothesis of lateralization

• Hypothesis of acquisition

• Hypothesis of the critical period

What type of processing requires considerable 'mental capacity' and is necessary at the beginning of language learning?

• Procedural Processing

• Declarative Processing

• Controlled Processing

• Automatic Processing

What theory proposed by Clahsen explains why certain grammatical structures are acquired in a developmental sequence?

• Theory of processability

• Connectionist model

• Multidimensional model

• Competence model

What stage of Information Processing involves the acquisition of isolated facts and rules?

• Central Processing

• Automatic Processing

• Input

• Output

What is the first level of the processing skills hierarchy proposed by Pienemann and Håkansson?

• Phrase structure procedure

• Category procedure

• Word access

• S procedure

What psychological model addresses the general question of how languages are learned?

• Connectionist model

• Learning model

• Competence model

• Processing model

What is one of the factors frequently cited to explain why some L2 learners are more successful than others?

• Age

• Gender

• Aptitude

• Motivation

What type of motivation involves the perception of purely practical value in L2 learning?

• Instrumental motivation

• Integrative motivation

• Altruistic motivation

• General motivation

What is one of the components proposed by Carroll as a basis for language learning aptitude?

• Inductive learning ability

• Grammatical sensitivity

• Associative memory capacity

• Phonemic coding capacity