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Chapter 6: Language Quiz
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Language is a cultural universal.
False
True
Psammetichus
commanded that two babies be raised without language
invented cuneiform
was the first to discover how hearing worked
compiled the design features of language
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
cultural relativity
grammar
displacement
productivity
The only gene currently known to influence language is
LANGP7
LING21
FOXP2
CAT36
Vervet monkeys have
specific calls for specific predators
grammar
displacement
productivity
Gua
learned ASL
was far behind Donald in her developmental skills
was a chimp raised alongside Donald, a human boy
learned to use lexigrams
An example of animal displacement in the wild is
multi-lingual monkeys
"drink-fruit"
vervet monkeys having alarm calls for specific predators
the waggle dance of the honey bee
An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is
monkey's bluff
multi-lingual monkeys
"drink-fruit"
waggle dance of the honey bee
Washoe was taught
American Sign Language
how to make gin and tonics
lexigrams
to drive a car
Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of
prevarication
displacement
cultural transmission
productivity
Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of
grammar
productivity
arbitrariness
displacement
Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather
algebra
to paint
lexigrams
memory tests
Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called
displacement
arbitrariness
the Clever Hans Effect
Nim Chimpsky
Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called
Clever Hans
cultural relativity
monkey's bluff
cherry picking
The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called
the Clever Hans Effect
the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
FOXP2
neologisms
Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as
Homologous
Homo spiritualis
Homo Deus
Homo fictus
Chapter 5: Marriage
Chapter 7: Primates
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