Quiz Three - Language Disorder Overview

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discrimination
the ability to identify stimuli from a field of competing stimuli
organization
categorization of information for later storage and retrieval
memory
retrieval of information
maturity
memory increases with _____
enviornmental cues, frequency of previous retrieval, competition from other memory items, age of learned information
memory is dependent on (4) things
intellectual disability
substantial limitation in intellectual functioning with severity ranges dependent on IQ
language is often most impaired
learning disability
general term that refers to a heterogenous group of disorders
- manifests in difficulties in acquisition and use
- categories: memory, attention, perception, symbol, motor, emotion
Specific Language Impairment
difficulty with language in the absence of another problem such as cognitive disability, hearing loss, or emotional disorders
- difficulty showing appropriate language abilities
Traumatic Brain Injury
Diffuse brain damage as a result of external force
selective mutism
relatively rare disorder in which a child does not talk in some situations
deviates so far from the norm that it 1. calls attention to itself 2. interferes with communication 3. causes listener or speaker distresswhen is language considered disorder?language disordercan be receptive or expressive and interferes with form, content, usegenetic/chromsomal, birth complications, toxins, gross brain diseases, maternal infectionsbiological causes of IDdeprivation, poor housing and diet, poor hygiene, lack of medical caresocial environmental causes of ID