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