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