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