Psychologists have conducted more research on language comprehension than on language production. Which of the following students provides the best explanation for this discrepancy?
a. Tina: Psychologists find language comprehension to be more interesting from the perspective of social interactions.
b. Nayan: Researchers find it easier to conduct research on language comprehension, because they can easily vary the material that participants hear or see.
c. Garth: Researchers in the discipline of speech therapy have already conducted the relevant research on language production.
d. Louise: Language production was the major topic of research just after the cognitive approach became popular; in the last decade, language comprehension has become the major topic of research.
Question 2
Why is research on language comprehension easier to conduct than research on language production?
a. Language comprehension occurs more frequently than language production.
b. Language comprehension can be studied with participants of all ages, whereas language production can only be studied in older children and adults.
c. Language comprehension is more overt, whereas language production is more covert.
d. It is easier to manipulate a variable that can influence language comprehension than it is to manipulate a variable that can influence language production.
Two women having a conversation using American Sign Language.
Cotton Production and Slave Population, 1800–1860
The number of research articles published on the topic of religious practices and spirituality have ...
Research Terminology
A Production Function with Diminishing Marginal Product of Capital
RESEARCH TECHNIQUE