Wernicke's aphasia can be described as

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Beyond the missing options, I can still discuss Wernicke's aphasia to ground understanding of the described answer.
Wernicke's aphasia is classically characterized as fluent (often rapid, airy, and well-formed grammatically) speech that lacks meaningful content and coherence due to impaired language comprehension. People with this condition may produce long, flowing phrases that sound normal but may include empty or nonsensical content, semantic paraphasias, or incorrect word substitutions, making the overall message hard to understand. This means speech can be effortless in production, yet the meaning is compromised, aligning with the idea of 'effortless production of meaningless speech' in common descriptions.
If other options were present, we would compare them by checking whether they correctly capture the combination of fluent speech with impaired comprehension and frequent semantic distortions, versus alternative profiles such as nonfluent aphasia (Broca's) where speech is effortful and halting, or global aphasia where both production and comprehension are severely impaired.
Given the lack of listed answer choices, we cannot provide a per-option evaluation, but the core concept associated with Wernicke's aphasia centers on fluent but often meaningless or incoherent speech coupled with poor comprehension.

PSY4360W02 Chapter 14 Quiz

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