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A right-handed, male patient whose corpus callosum has been surgically severed for treatment of epilepsy is likely to display which of the following disabilities?
 
  a) Inability to name an object that is presented only to the left visual fiel
 b) Inability to demonstrate the use for a familiar object placed in the left hand
 c) Inability to draw a simple object when its name is whispered in the right ear
 d) Inability to select a synonym for an object's name when the name is presented to the right visual field

Question 2

Under which of the following circumstances is a violation of conversational maxims less likely to slow down comprehension?
 
  a) When social circumstances explain the violatio
 b) When the conversational partners are of equal stature
 c) When the speech act is not well understood
 d) When the violation involves relevance



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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