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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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Language is a cultural universal.
False
True
Psammetichus
compiled the design features of language
was the first to discover how hearing worked
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
cultural transmission
arbitrariness
productivity
The deep structural rules of language are called
grammar
displacement
arbitrariness
cultural transmission
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
FOXP2
LANGP7
LING21
CAT36
Vervet monkeys have
displacement
grammar
productivity
specific calls for specific predators
Gua
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
learned to use lexigrams
learned ASL
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
the waggle dance of the honey bee
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
multi-lingual monkeys
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
waggle dance of the honey bee
"drink-fruit"
monkey's bluff
Washoe was taught
to drive a car
American Sign Language
lexigrams
how to make gin and tonics
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
grammar
arbitrariness
displacement
productivity
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
algebra
memory tests
to paint
lexigrams
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
monkey's bluff
cherry picking
cultural relativity
Clever Hans
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
FOXP2
the Clever Hans Effect
neologisms
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homo Deus
Homo spiritualis
Homo fictus
Homologous
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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