Elementary Psychology Exam 1 Practice

If Broca's area is damaged, it can result in which type of aphasia?

Production aphasia Wernicke's aphasia Global aphasia Anomia

Correct Answer:

Production aphasia

Explanation:

Damage to Broca's area disrupts speech production, producing an expressive, nonfluent form of aphasia. The hallmark is difficulty producing spoken language—speech becomes halting, agrammatic, and telegraphic—while comprehension is relatively preserved. Naming and understanding speech are not the primary problems here, which is why this is best described as production (expressive) aphasia. In contrast, damage to Wernicke's area leads to fluent but often nonsensical speech with poor comprehension; global aphasia involves severe impairment in both production and comprehension; and anomia mainly reflects trouble naming objects, not a primary production deficit from Broca's area.

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