01
Choose one
1 point
In a self-paced reading task, readers take longer at a temporarily ambiguous phrase than at a matched comparison phrase. What conclusion is best supported by the response times alone?
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02
True or false
1 point
Text collections from everyday settings can usually establish which factor caused a language-use pattern, even when many factors co-occur.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Written response
1 point
What is the name for the effect in which speakers become more likely to use a sentence construction they recently heard?
04
Fill in the blank
1 point
EEG and event-related potentials are especially useful for tracking the of neural responses, often at millisecond resolution.
05
Choose one
1 point
A researcher wants to observe how a spoken sentence and a visible scene jointly guide listeners' interpretation as speech unfolds. Which method is best suited to this goal?
- A
It measures blood-oxygen-level-dependent signals while listeners hear a sentence.
- B
It records backward eye movements during silent reading only.
- C
It tracks listeners' eye movements toward pictured objects while they hear a sentence.
- D
It measures how quickly participants decide whether a letter string is a word.
06
Choose all
1 point
Which statements correctly compare EEG and MEG? Select all that apply.
- A
EEG can track the timing of neural responses with millisecond resolution.
- B
MEG often offers better source localization than scalp EEG while retaining fine temporal resolution.
- C
EEG uniquely identifies the mental operation responsible for every recorded ERP component.
- D
MEG directly reveals a complete mental representation without analysis assumptions.
07
True or false
1 point
Finding a particular ERP component is sufficient to identify one specific mental operation, because each component uniquely marks that operation.
- A
True
- B
False
08
Written response
1 point
What acronym names the blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal measured by fMRI?
09
Fill in the blank
1 point
To help distinguish the effect of one relevant property, an experiment should manipulate it while other properties across comparison conditions.
10
Choose one
1 point
A researcher uses picture naming to study speakers' word choices. Which limitation should be considered when interpreting the responses?
- A
They directly reveal the speaker's complete mental representation of grammar.
- B
Elicited responses may differ from spontaneous conversation and also involve planning and motor execution.
- C
They eliminate the effects of a speaker's intended message.
- D
They establish which brain region is necessary for producing a sentence.
11
Choose all
1 point
When testing whether recently heard sentence structures influence speakers' later choices, which alternative influences should researchers control for? Select all that apply.
- A
Repetition of words or structures across trials
- B
Millisecond timing of an EEG response
- C
Participants' expectations about what response is wanted
- D
The blood-oxygen-level-dependent signal measured by fMRI
12
Choose one
1 point
A researcher wants to test whether temporarily perturbing a selected brain area affects performance on a language task. Which method is most directly suited to this question?
- A
fMRI, because blood-oxygen-level-dependent activity proves that a region is necessary.
- B
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, because temporarily perturbing a selected area can test its effect on performance.
- C
A corpus, because patterns in natural language establish which brain area is necessary.
- D
Eye tracking, because fixation durations directly identify necessary neural systems.
13
Open ended
1 point
You want to test whether context changes how readers resolve an ambiguous sentence as they read it. Propose a controlled study using at least two suitable methods from the material. Explain what each method could contribute and why the results would not, by themselves, provide a direct readout of a complete mental representation.
14
Choose one
1 point
In a lexical-decision task, participants recognize doctor faster after nurse than after an unrelated word. What is the best-supported interpretation of this result?
- A
The target word is always easier to recognize when it follows a longer word.
- B
Related concepts can influence word recognition.
- C
The target word's spelling changes after a related word.
- D
The task directly reveals the precise mental representation of the target.
15
True or false
1 point
A pattern in a language corpus can suggest a hypothesis, but by itself it usually cannot establish which factor caused that pattern.
- A
True
- B
False
16
Written response
1 point
What behavioral method measures how long participants take to process successive segments as they read?
17
Choose one
1 point
In a visual-world experiment, listeners hear a sentence while looking at a scene. What can their eye movements most directly help researchers investigate?
- A
It identifies which brain region is necessary for understanding a word.
- B
It directly reveals the complete meaning representation stored for each word.
- C
It can show how spoken words and context guide listeners' attention to pictured objects over time.
- D
It establishes that a particular word caused an interpretation without requiring comparison conditions.
18
Written response
1 point
Which neuroscientific method measures magnetic fields from neural activity and, in many settings, offers fine temporal resolution with better source localization than scalp EEG?
19
Choose one
1 point
A researcher studies naturally occurring sound exchanges in speakers' slips of the tongue. Which conclusion is best supported?
- A
They can provide clues about the units and planning steps involved in speech production, while requiring cautious interpretation.
- B
They show that speakers produce speech without planning.
- C
They identify a specific neural region responsible for each production step.
- D
They prove that elicited speech and spontaneous conversation use identical processes.
20
Choose one
1 point
A study uses EEG to compare responses to two sentence conditions. Which interpretation best respects both the method's strength and its limitation?
- A
They identify the exact neural source of each response and its unique mental operation.
- B
They directly measure blood-oxygen-level-dependent signals in specific brain regions.
- C
They determine whether an activated region is necessary for language processing.
- D
They track the timing of neural responses, but an ERP component is not a unique marker of one mental operation.
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