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