Deck 8: Drawing and Writing

Question 1

Coupled oscillator models of writing and drawing fail to account for the fact that

A) Writing and drawing can be coupled
B) Writing and drawing show features consistent with rate scaling
C) Writing and drawing can be decomposed into movements on orthogonal independent) axes
D) Writing speed depends on context effects, whether successive letters are the same or not

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In the domain of handwriting, "hookers"

A) Hustle their writing
B) Write with larger loops than "non-hookers"
C) Add extra hooks to the letters they produce
D) Tend to hook one hand but not the other when they write

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the Two-Thirds Power Law of writing and drawing,

A) People plan the first 2/3 of what they are going to write or draw before writing or drawing
B) People write and draw with about 2/3 of the power can generate
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Research with writing machines shows that

A) Absolute times of strokes define identities of written letters, whereas relative times of strokes define styles of written letters
B) Absolute times of strokes define styles of written letters, whereas relative times of strokes define identities of written letters
C) People write in ways that writing machines cannot mimic in any respect
D) Books written by writing machines are more interesting that books written by people

Question 5

Patients with dysgraphia

A) Have difficulty producing well-formed writing strokes, though their spelling and word choices are appropriate
B) Have difficulty drawing discs but have no difficulty drawing other shapes
C) Both a and b
D) Never have trouble with spelling or generating writing strokes

Question 6

The chapter on Drawing and Writing indicated that areas of uncertainty in this area of study are

A) Whether coupled oscillators or jerk minimization account for the Two-Third Power Law
B) How personality is expressed in writing and drawing
C) How genetic factors shape writing and drawing
D) All of the above

Question 7

A grammar of action for graphic performance would be likely to have which of the following?

A) Rules for ordering the strokes needed for copying
B) Rules for ordering the strokes needed for writing
C) Explicit rejection of rules of any kind
D) Both and and b

Question 8

Which of the following topics was not covered in the chapter on Drawing and Writing even though, as you think about the control of these activities, you appreciate that it might be important?

A) Allograph-graph distinctions
B) Graphology
C) Semantic influences on copying
D) Pentip pressure Chapter 8 Answer Key

Question 9

A link between drawing and language is suggested by the fact that

A) Children who have difficulty forming sentences copy forms in the same way as children who do not have difficulty forming sentences
B) Children who have difficulty forming sentences do not copy forms in the same way as children who do not have difficulty forming sentences
C) Apes can draw though they cannot use language
D) The ability to write words precedes the ability to draw pictures

Question 10

In the equation At) = kCt)^2/3,

A) At) denotes linear velocity as a function of time
B) At) denotes linear acceleration as a function of time
C) At) denotes angular velocity as a function of time
D) At) denotes angular acceleration as a function of time

Question 11

Studies of errors in writing suggest that

A) Writers represent graphemes but not allographs
B) Writers represent allographs but not graphemes
C) Writers represent graphemes and allographs
D) Writers represent neither graphemes nor allographs

Question 12

Writing and drawing may be controlled at different levels. Going from high to low levels, these are

A) Ideas, graphic segments, motor commands
B) Ideas, motor commands, graphic segments,
C) Graphic segments, motor commands, ideas
D) Motor commands, graphic segments, ideas

Question 13

The hypothesis that one hand is specialized for movement while the other hand is specialized for position is the claim made in the

A) Principle of context effects
B) Isogyny Principle
C) Dynamic dominance hypothesis
D) Freudian theory of handwriting

Question 14

According to the Isogony Principle of writing and drawing,

A) Right-handed writers take the same time to write as left-handed writers do
B) Individual writing styles are persevered throughout one's lifetime
C) Equal angles are covered in equal times
D) Equal arc lengths are covered in equal times

Question 15

When someone writes the same script using the right or left hand, the right or left foot, or the mouth with the pen held between the teeth)

A) The quality of the writing is not the same, making any other result from this study uninteresting and useless
B) The individual's style of writing is essentially the same, showing that the Freudian approach to handwriting analysis was needlessly fixated on the hand
C) The individual's style of writing is essentially the same, showing that the Freudian approach to handwriting analysis was correct because the Freudian approach stressed underlying drives
D) The individual's style of writing is essentially the same, demonstrating motor equivalence

Question 16

When people write the same script at different sizes

A) Writing time stays the same, consistent with the rate-scaling hypothesis
B) Writing time increases, contrary to the rate-scaling hypothesis
C) Writing time increases, consistent with the rate-scaling hypothesis
D) This experiment has not been done

Question 17

Studies of the kinematics of the pentip during writing show that

A) Angular velocity only depends on the curvature of the arcs drawn
B) Angular velocity only depends on the linear extent of the arcs drawn
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above

Question 18

When moving the hand from one target to another, people tend to

A) Make relatively straight lines and tend to maximize the mean squared rate of change of acceleration
B) Make relatively straight lines and tend to minimize the mean squared rate of change of acceleration
C) Make highly curved lines and tend to maximize the mean squared rate of change of acceleration
D) Make highly curved lines and tend to minimize the mean squared rate of change of acceleration

Question 19

The way people copy simple geometric forms indicates that

A) Semantic factors play a role in copying
B) Strokes are ordered according to rules
C) The ordering of strokes may be indicative of neurological health
D) All of the above

Question 20

The reaction time to begin writing a letter after another letter has been prepared

A) Is shorter if the required and prepared letters have the same name than if the required and prepared letters have different names
B) Is the same if the required and prepared letters have the same or different names
C) Only depends on whether the required and prepared letters have the same size
D) None of the above