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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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1.
Language is a cultural universal.
False
True
2.
Psammetichus
was the first to discover how hearing worked
commanded that two babies be raised without language
compiled the design features of language
invented cuneiform
3.
The design feature that indicates words do not resemble the things they represent is
productivity
displacement
arbitrariness
cultural transmission
4.
The deep structural rules of language are called
grammar
arbitrariness
cultural transmission
displacement
5.
The ability to talk about things not in our immediate environment is called
cultural relativity
displacement
grammar
productivity
6.
The only gene currently known to influence language is
LANGP7
FOXP2
LING21
CAT36
7.
Vervet monkeys have
grammar
displacement
specific calls for specific predators
productivity
8.
Gua
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
learned ASL
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
learned to use lexigrams
9.
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
multi-lingual monkeys
the waggle dance of the honey bee
10.
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
monkey's bluff
waggle dance of the honey bee
"drink-fruit"
11.
Washoe was taught
lexigrams
to drive a car
how to make gin and tonics
American Sign Language
12.
Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of
productivity
prevarication
cultural transmission
displacement
13.
Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of
arbitrariness
grammar
productivity
displacement
14.
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
algebra
lexigrams
memory tests
to paint
15.
Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called
Nim Chimpsky
arbitrariness
displacement
the Clever Hans Effect
16.
Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called
monkey's bluff
cherry picking
cultural relativity
Clever Hans
17.
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
neologisms
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
the Clever Hans Effect
FOXP2
18.
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homo spiritualis
Homologous
Homo Deus
Homo fictus
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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