Norm rarely understands puns, and he struggles to understand figurative or metaphoric language. More than one friend has suggested that he sometimes says rude or inappropriate things in social situations
Norm has difficulty with the ________ aspect of language, an aspect that may be processed in the brain's ________ hemisphere.
a) pragmatic; left
b) pragmatic; right
c) semantic; left
d) semantic; right
ANS: B, Pragmatics is a right-hemisphere aspect of language concerned with the social and metaphoric elements of communication.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following groups of Romanian born children adopted by British families fared the best in terms of weight gain, intellectual and social development following adoption?
a. those who were adopted between the ages of 6 and 24 months b. those who were adopted before the age of 6 months c. those who were adopted between the ages of 24 and 42 months d. all of the adopted children fared equally poorly in terms of weight gain
The development of self-awareness, attachment to parents and caregivers,
and relationships with other children and adults is referred to as development. a. social b. personality c. reciprocal d. transactional