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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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1.
Language is a cultural universal.
False
True
2.
Psammetichus
was the first to discover how hearing worked
compiled the design features of language
commanded that two babies be raised without language
invented cuneiform
3.
The design feature that indicates words do not resemble the things they represent is
productivity
arbitrariness
cultural transmission
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
displacement
cultural relativity
6.
The only gene currently known to influence language is
LANGP7
FOXP2
CAT36
LING21
7.
Vervet monkeys have
displacement
specific calls for specific predators
grammar
productivity
8.
Gua
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
learned ASL
learned to use lexigrams
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
9.
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
the waggle dance of the honey bee
multi-lingual monkeys
10.
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
waggle dance of the honey bee
monkey's bluff
multi-lingual monkeys
"drink-fruit"
11.
Washoe was taught
lexigrams
American Sign Language
how to make gin and tonics
to drive a car
12.
Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of
productivity
prevarication
displacement
cultural transmission
13.
Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of
displacement
arbitrariness
grammar
productivity
14.
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
lexigrams
to paint
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
cherry picking
monkey's bluff
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
Homo Deus
Homo spiritualis
Homologous
Homo fictus
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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