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