Woollams Et Al

question 21

Multiple Choice

Woollams et al. (2007) studied patients with semantic dementia, finding that there was a strong association between impaired semantic knowledge and which other condition?

• A) Phonological dyslexia
• B) Surface dyslexia
• C) Deep dyslexia
• D) Phonological dysgraphia
• E) Anomia

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Definitions:

Correlational Study

A research approach that seeks to find out if there is a relationship between two or more variables through statistical analysis, without establishing a cause-and-effect link.

Causation

The relationship between cause and effect, where one event (the cause) is responsible for the occurrence of another event (the effect).

Experimental Study

An investigative approach that directly manipulates variables to determine cause-and-effect relationships.

Cause-and-effect Relationship

A connection between two variables where a change in one directly causes a change in the other.