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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
was the first to discover how hearing worked
commanded that two babies be raised without language
invented cuneiform
The design feature that indicates words do not resemble the things they represent is
productivity
cultural transmission
arbitrariness
displacement
The deep structural rules of language are called
displacement
cultural transmission
grammar
arbitrariness
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
CAT36
LANGP7
FOXP2
LING21
Vervet monkeys have
specific calls for specific predators
productivity
displacement
grammar
Gua
learned to use lexigrams
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
learned ASL
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
the waggle dance of the honey bee
multi-lingual monkeys
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
waggle dance of the honey bee
"drink-fruit"
monkey's bluff
multi-lingual monkeys
Washoe was taught
how to make gin and tonics
to drive a car
lexigrams
American Sign Language
Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of
displacement
cultural transmission
productivity
prevarication
Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of
productivity
displacement
grammar
arbitrariness
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
memory tests
lexigrams
to paint
algebra
Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called
the Clever Hans Effect
arbitrariness
Nim Chimpsky
displacement
Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called
cultural relativity
Clever Hans
cherry picking
monkey's bluff
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
neologisms
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
FOXP2
the Clever Hans Effect
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homologous
Homo fictus
Homo spiritualis
Homo Deus
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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