PSY 263 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉-are pretty correct -trichromatic explains how rods and cones
function -opponent process explains retinal ganglion cells and brain
functions. Answer: -pyramidal systems, cerebellum, basal ganglia,
myasthenia gravis
◉Lateralization. Answer: -left and right hemisphere
◉left hemisphere
right hemisphere. Answer: -most functional, 95% of right handers,
70% of left handers
-expression and recognition of emotional content of speech -ability
to speak about visual spatial relations
◉aphasia. Answer: -deficit in production and/or comprehension of
speech (from brain damage)
◉brocas aphasia. Answer: -damage to brocas area -poor speech
quality, good comprehension -difficulty in pronouncing words
, (articulation), speech is slow, effort intensive, non fluent -
aggramatism -telegraphic speech -anomia -comprehension not bad,
but deficits when grammar does matter: word order, prepositions
-frontal cortex
◉aggramatism. Answer: -lack of use of function word (articles,
prepositions, connectors, etc.)
◉anomia. Answer: -difficulty finding words
◉telegraphic speech. Answer: -use nearly all content words (nouns,
verbs) -ex train arrived, hotel nice
◉wenickes aphasia. Answer: -damage to wernickes area AND
surrounding posterior language areas -poor recognition of words -
fluent, meaningless speech (poor comprehension of word) -anomia -
inability to verbalize thoughts
-temporal cortex
◉2 pathways btwn brocas and wernickes areas. Answer: 1. allows
oral repetition-selective damage -> poor repetition, few other
deficits
2. allows content to be expressed-selective damage -> repetition
without comprehension or meaningful speech (wernickes aphasia
without loss of repetition)
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉-are pretty correct -trichromatic explains how rods and cones
function -opponent process explains retinal ganglion cells and brain
functions. Answer: -pyramidal systems, cerebellum, basal ganglia,
myasthenia gravis
◉Lateralization. Answer: -left and right hemisphere
◉left hemisphere
right hemisphere. Answer: -most functional, 95% of right handers,
70% of left handers
-expression and recognition of emotional content of speech -ability
to speak about visual spatial relations
◉aphasia. Answer: -deficit in production and/or comprehension of
speech (from brain damage)
◉brocas aphasia. Answer: -damage to brocas area -poor speech
quality, good comprehension -difficulty in pronouncing words
, (articulation), speech is slow, effort intensive, non fluent -
aggramatism -telegraphic speech -anomia -comprehension not bad,
but deficits when grammar does matter: word order, prepositions
-frontal cortex
◉aggramatism. Answer: -lack of use of function word (articles,
prepositions, connectors, etc.)
◉anomia. Answer: -difficulty finding words
◉telegraphic speech. Answer: -use nearly all content words (nouns,
verbs) -ex train arrived, hotel nice
◉wenickes aphasia. Answer: -damage to wernickes area AND
surrounding posterior language areas -poor recognition of words -
fluent, meaningless speech (poor comprehension of word) -anomia -
inability to verbalize thoughts
-temporal cortex
◉2 pathways btwn brocas and wernickes areas. Answer: 1. allows
oral repetition-selective damage -> poor repetition, few other
deficits
2. allows content to be expressed-selective damage -> repetition
without comprehension or meaningful speech (wernickes aphasia
without loss of repetition)
