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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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1.
Language is a cultural universal.
False
True
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
grammar
cultural transmission
arbitrariness
displacement
5.
The ability to talk about things not in our immediate environment is called
grammar
productivity
cultural relativity
displacement
6.
The only gene currently known to influence language is
CAT36
FOXP2
LING21
LANGP7
7.
Vervet monkeys have
specific calls for specific predators
productivity
displacement
grammar
8.
Gua
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
learned ASL
learned to use lexigrams
9.
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
the waggle dance of the honey bee
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
10.
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
"drink-fruit"
waggle dance of the honey bee
monkey's bluff
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
productivity
arbitrariness
displacement
grammar
14.
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
lexigrams
algebra
to paint
memory tests
15.
Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called
displacement
Nim Chimpsky
arbitrariness
the Clever Hans Effect
16.
Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called
Clever Hans
cultural relativity
monkey's bluff
cherry picking
17.
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
neologisms
the Clever Hans Effect
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
FOXP2
18.
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homo Deus
Homo spiritualis
Homologous
Homo fictus
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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