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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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1.
Language is a cultural universal.
True
False
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
displacement
arbitrariness
cultural transmission
productivity
4.
The deep structural rules of language are called
grammar
displacement
cultural transmission
arbitrariness
5.
The ability to talk about things not in our immediate environment is called
productivity
grammar
cultural relativity
displacement
6.
The only gene currently known to influence language is
FOXP2
CAT36
LANGP7
LING21
7.
Vervet monkeys have
specific calls for specific predators
grammar
productivity
displacement
8.
Gua
learned ASL
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
learned to use lexigrams
9.
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
the waggle dance of the honey bee
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
"drink-fruit"
10.
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
"drink-fruit"
monkey's bluff
waggle dance of the honey bee
multi-lingual monkeys
11.
Washoe was taught
to drive a car
American Sign Language
how to make gin and tonics
lexigrams
12.
Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of
displacement
productivity
prevarication
cultural transmission
13.
Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of
grammar
productivity
displacement
arbitrariness
14.
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
algebra
memory tests
lexigrams
to paint
15.
Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called
displacement
Nim Chimpsky
the Clever Hans Effect
arbitrariness
16.
Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called
monkey's bluff
cultural relativity
Clever Hans
cherry picking
17.
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
the Clever Hans Effect
FOXP2
neologisms
18.
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homo Deus
Homologous
Homo fictus
Homo spiritualis
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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