Language Disorders

Start with a map

The Language Disorders mind map includes social communication and interaction, alongside restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. It also lists specific language impairment. Use it to get an overview of the terms on the page, then follow a term that you want to understand in more detail.

The Language Psychopathology mind map takes a classification approach. It includes speech-language and production-understanding as ways of considering language disorders. Comparing these headings with the terms in the Language Disorders map can help you organize what you are studying.

Practice with quizzes

The quiz on language disorders asks what is true of aphasia, including questions about its relationship to language development. After looking at a map, use this quiz to check which points you recognize and which you want to study again.

The Language quiz asks about Broca's and Wernicke's areas and differences between Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia. The flashcards on language include these areas and types of aphasia, as well as phonemes and morphemes. The cards offer another way to become familiar with the terms that appear in the quiz.

Look at reading and writing

The Reading and Writing mind map introduces saccades and fixations, as well as the word superiority effect. Lecture 29 - Reading asks about visual analysis of words, pure alexia and phonological dyslexia. Start with the map's reading terms, then use the quiz to explore the questions it raises about reading difficulties.

Study within the unit

Language Disorders is a section of the Language and Communication unit in Psychology. The resources connect language classification, aphasia and reading within this section. A map can give you headings to study, while a quiz shows how some of those ideas are asked about.

Choose a map and a quiz from the page to begin exploring the section.