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