TB7 D&L Lecture 3; Developmental Dyslexia

1. In a study by White et al (2006), what did the majority of pps show?

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Core deficit in working memory and phonological coding, with variable deficits outside of core, e.g. broader language difficulties
Core deficit in phonological coding but skills such as working memory, broader language difficulties are still part of the core deficit
Core deficit in phonological coding, with variable deficits outside of core, e.g. working memory , broader language difficulties
Core deficit in working memory and phonological coding, with variable deficits outside of core, e.g. broader language difficulties and semantic/syntactic/pragmatic deficits

There may be a confounding effect of environmental factors; shared in the family
There may be a confounding effect of biological factors; shared in the family
They arent consistent with the action of multiple genes acting through environments to produce quantitative variations in reading skill

A problem with vowel sounds, simplification of consonant clusters and omission of unstressed syllables
An error which is phonetically plausible (e.g freas --> freeze)
An error which is semanticlly plausible (e.g cheetah --> leopard)