Chapter 6: Language Quiz

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  1. 1. Language is a cultural universal.

  2. 2. Psammetichus

  3. 3. The design feature that indicates words do not resemble the things they represent is

  4. 4. The deep structural rules of language are called

  5. 5. The ability to talk about things not in our immediate environment is called

  6. 6. The only gene currently known to influence language is

  7. 7. Vervet monkeys have

  8. 8. Gua

  9. 9. An example of animal displacement in the wild is

  10. 10. An example of cultural transmission of language in the wild is

  11. 11. Washoe was taught

  12. 12. Drink-fruit and finger-bracelet are potential examples of

  13. 13. Koko’s conversation about being a bird could be an example of

  14. 14. Kanzi was not taught ASL but rather

  15. 15. Subconsciously prompting an animal to respond correctly is called

  16. 16. Selecting the evidence that confirms your hypothesis while ignoring results that do not is called

  17. 17. The idea that the structure of language influences how people think is called

  18. 18. Jonthan Gottschall argues that Homo sapiens are better described as

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