AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Someone with damage to Wernicke’s area would most likely show which effect?
A
difficulty controlling emotions
B
difficulty forming sentences
C
difficulty making sense when they speak
D
superhuman strength
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -People with Wernicke’s aphasia are often unaware of their spoken mistakes. Another hallmark of this type of aphasia is difficulty understanding speech.

Detailed explanation-2: -Damage to Wernicke’s area can lead to disorders associated with speech and language such as Wernicke’s aphasia. This condition causes difficulty with understanding language and forming meaningful sentences.

Detailed explanation-3: -Language aphasia can result when Wernicke’s area is damaged by trauma or disease. Aphasia is an impairment of language that affects an individual’s ability to comprehend and produce spoken and written communication.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wernicke’s aphasia is the most common type of fluent aphasia. It occurs when the left middle side of the brain becomes damaged or altered. This part of the brain is known as Wernicke’s area, named after Carl Wernicke, a neurologist. Wernicke’s area of the brain controls human language.

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