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