Question 1

Quinn just turned 1 year old and has a spoken vocabulary of 15 words.Which statement about Quinn's language development is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A) Quinn soon should start learning two to three words per day for the next 4 years. 
B) Quinn understands the meaning of more than 15 words. 
C) Quinn is behind the norm in her language development. 
D) Quinn violates many grammatical rules when she speaks. 
A) Quinn soon should start learning two to three words per day for the next 4 years. 
B) Quinn understands the meaning of more than 15 words. 
C) Quinn is behind the norm in her language development. 
D) Quinn violates many grammatical rules when she speaks.

Question 2

The likelihood that an event will occur is a _____ measure.

Accepted Answer

A) rate 
B) probability 
C) frequency 
D) latency 
A) rate 
B) probability 
C) frequency 
D) latency

Question 3

During the first few years of life,language processing in the brain:

Accepted Answer

A) becomes less concentrated in a few areas and more widely distributed. 
B) becomes more concentrated in a few areas and less distributed. 
C) shifts from Broca's area to Wernicke's area. 
D) shifts from Wernicke's area to Broca's area. 
A) becomes less concentrated in a few areas and more widely distributed. 
B) becomes more concentrated in a few areas and less distributed. 
C) shifts from Broca's area to Wernicke's area. 
D) shifts from Wernicke's area to Broca's area.

Question 4

On the day 3-year-old Isabel helped her father build bookshelves,she added the terms "board," "measuring tape," and "dowel" to her vocabulary after her first encounter with these objects.This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) a language acquisition device. 
B) fast mapping. 
C) telegraphic speed. 
D) linguistic relativity. 
A) a language acquisition device. 
B) fast mapping. 
C) telegraphic speed. 
D) linguistic relativity.

Question 5

Friends and colleagues noticed a change in Andrew's behavior after Andrew,age 60,suffered a stroke.Andrew shifted most of his retirement assets to high-risk stocks,began an affair with his secretary,and started using cocaine.Andrew MOST likely suffered damage to his:

Accepted Answer

A) prefrontal cortex. 
B) Wernicke's area. 
C) amygdala. 
D) right temporal lobe. 
A) prefrontal cortex. 
B) Wernicke's area. 
C) amygdala. 
D) right temporal lobe.

Question 6

The word "and" is an example of a _____ morpheme.

Accepted Answer

A) content 
B) phonetic 
C) tangible 
D) function 
A) content 
B) phonetic 
C) tangible 
D) function

Question 7

The gray matter in the _____ lobe is denser in people who are bilingual.

Accepted Answer

A) right temporal 
B) left parietal 
C) left temporal 
D) right parietal 
A) right temporal 
B) left parietal 
C) left temporal 
D) right parietal

Question 8

Once _____ is reached,acquiring language becomes almost impossible.

Accepted Answer

A) 2 years of age 
B) 4 years of age 
C) puberty 
D) young adulthood 
A) 2 years of age 
B) 4 years of age 
C) puberty 
D) young adulthood

Question 9

Acar and Ende (2016)recently studied proposed solutions to problems posted on InnoCentive.com.They recorded if the submitter was an insider or an outsider as it pertains to expertise in the field,if the proposed solution relied extensively on one domain or knowledge or several,how much effort was put into the submission,and whether or not the submission was a winning entry.They found that outsiders,relative to insiders,were MOST likely to win when they:

Accepted Answer

A) classified their submission as effortful 
B) classified their submission as "off the cuff." 
C) relied on only one domain of knowledge. 
D) relied on several domains of knowledge. 
A) classified their submission as effortful 
B) classified their submission as "off the cuff." 
C) relied on only one domain of knowledge. 
D) relied on several domains of knowledge.

Question 10

When a child says,"Nobody like me," his parents typically:

Accepted Answer

A) respond more to the grammatical mistake than to the child's meaning. 
B) respond more to the child's meaning than to the grammatical mistake. 
C) respond equally to the child's meaning and to the grammatical mistake. 
D) say nothing in an attempt to extinguish incorrect syntax. 
A) respond more to the grammatical mistake than to the child's meaning. 
B) respond more to the child's meaning than to the grammatical mistake. 
C) respond equally to the child's meaning and to the grammatical mistake. 
D) say nothing in an attempt to extinguish incorrect syntax.

Question 11

The prototype theory of categorization states that:

Accepted Answer

A) people make category judgments by comparing new instances with the category's prototype. 
B) each member of a category serves as its own ideal,or prototype. 
C) only the best exemplars of a category will be considered for membership into that category. 
D) category prototypes are genetically determined and are universal to all cultures. 
A) people make category judgments by comparing new instances with the category's prototype. 
B) each member of a category serves as its own ideal,or prototype. 
C) only the best exemplars of a category will be considered for membership into that category. 
D) category prototypes are genetically determined and are universal to all cultures.

Question 12

George smokes and drinks,and he is overweight,but he would be the first to tell you that he will outlive all of his friends at the bar.George's opinion illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A) the availability heuristic. 
B) optimism bias. 
C) the conjunction fallacy. 
D) the sunk-cost fallacy. 
A) the availability heuristic. 
B) optimism bias. 
C) the conjunction fallacy. 
D) the sunk-cost fallacy.

Question 13

People who frequently engage in risky behaviors are extremely insensitive to the _____ consequences of their behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) immediate negative 
B) immediate positive 
C) future 
D) past 
A) immediate negative 
B) immediate positive 
C) future 
D) past

Question 14

The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation,for which we use the term snow._____ argued that,because of this,the Inuit _____.

Accepted Answer

A) Benjamin Whorf;perceive snow differently than do English speakers 
B) Noam Chomsky;have a fundamentally different language acquisition device than do English speakers 
C) Eleanor Rosch;think about snow in a fundamentally different way than do English speakers 
D) Allen Gardner;Form emotional associations with snow more easily than do English speakers 
A) Benjamin Whorf;perceive snow differently than do English speakers 
B) Noam Chomsky;have a fundamentally different language acquisition device than do English speakers 
C) Eleanor Rosch;think about snow in a fundamentally different way than do English speakers 
D) Allen Gardner;Form emotional associations with snow more easily than do English speakers

Question 15

The sentences "The dog chased the cat" and "The dog was chased by the cat" have _____ deep structure and _____ surface structure.

Accepted Answer

A) different;different 
B) the same;different 
C) different;the same 
D) the same;the same 
A) different;different 
B) the same;different 
C) different;the same 
D) the same;the same

Question 16

With regard to determinants of language learning,behaviorists do NOT focus on:

Accepted Answer

A) extinction. 
B) shaping. 
C) biological preparedness. 
D) reinforcement. 
A) extinction. 
B) shaping. 
C) biological preparedness. 
D) reinforcement.

Question 17

The Dani,an isolated tribe living in New Guinea,have only two words for colors,roughly corresponding to "light" and "dark." The Dani _____ impairments in recognizing shades of color,which is _____ with the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

A) exhibit;consistent 
B) exhibit;inconsistent 
C) do not exhibit;consistent 
D) do not exhibit;inconsistent 
A) exhibit;consistent 
B) exhibit;inconsistent 
C) do not exhibit;consistent 
D) do not exhibit;inconsistent

Question 18

The linguistic relativity hypothesis holds that:

Accepted Answer

A) different languages use different grammatical constructions. 
B) language shapes the nature of thought. 
C) different brain regions are activated when a bilingual person uses her native language as opposed to her second language. 
D) all languages change over time. 
A) different languages use different grammatical constructions. 
B) language shapes the nature of thought. 
C) different brain regions are activated when a bilingual person uses her native language as opposed to her second language. 
D) all languages change over time.

Question 19

Researchers guide and manipulate the hands of chimpanzees into ASL symbols in a process termed:

Accepted Answer

A) shaping. 
B) modeling. 
C) manding. 
D) molding. 
A) shaping. 
B) modeling. 
C) manding. 
D) molding.

Question 20

The average 1-year-old has a vocabulary of _____ words.

Accepted Answer

A) 3 
B) 10 
C) 50 
D) 100 
A) 3 
B) 10 
C) 50 
D) 100

Exam 9: Language and Thought-Part A

Quinn just turned 1 year old and has a spoken vocabulary of 15 words.Which statement about Quinn's language development is TRUE?

The likelihood that an event will occur is a _____ measure.

During the first few years of life,language processing in the brain:

On the day 3-year-old Isabel helped her father build bookshelves,she added the terms "board," "measuring tape," and "dowel" to her vocabulary after her first encounter with these objects.This is an example of:

Friends and colleagues noticed a change in Andrew's behavior after Andrew,age 60,suffered a stroke.Andrew shifted most of his retirement assets to high-risk stocks,began an affair with his secretary,and started using cocaine.Andrew MOST likely suffered damage to his:

The word "and" is an example of a _____ morpheme.

The gray matter in the _____ lobe is denser in people who are bilingual.

Once _____ is reached,acquiring language becomes almost impossible.

When a child says,"Nobody like me," his parents typically:

The prototype theory of categorization states that:

George smokes and drinks,and he is overweight,but he would be the first to tell you that he will outlive all of his friends at the bar.George's opinion illustrates:

People who frequently engage in risky behaviors are extremely insensitive to the _____ consequences of their behavior.

The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation,for which we use the term snow._____ argued that,because of this,the Inuit _____.

The sentences "The dog chased the cat" and "The dog was chased by the cat" have _____ deep structure and _____ surface structure.

With regard to determinants of language learning,behaviorists do NOT focus on:

The Dani,an isolated tribe living in New Guinea,have only two words for colors,roughly corresponding to "light" and "dark." The Dani _____ impairments in recognizing shades of color,which is _____ with the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

The linguistic relativity hypothesis holds that:

Researchers guide and manipulate the hands of chimpanzees into ASL symbols in a process termed:

The average 1-year-old has a vocabulary of _____ words.

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part A

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part B

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part C

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part D

Evolution of Psychological Science-Part E

Methods in Psychology-Part A

Methods in Psychology-Part B

Methods in Psychology-Part C

Methods in Psychology-Part D

Methods in Psychology-Part E

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part A

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part B

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part C

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part D

Neuroscience and Behavior-Part E

Sensation and Perception-Part A

Sensation and Perception-Part B

Sensation and Perception-Part C

Sensation and Perception-Part D

Sensation and Perception-Part E

Consciousness-Part A

Consciousness-Part B

Consciousness-Part C

Consciousness-Part D

Consciousness-Part E

Memory-Part A

Memory-Part B

Memory-Part C

Memory-Part D

Memory-Part E

Learning-Part A

Learning-Part B

Learning-Part C

Learning-Part D

Learning-Part E

Emotion and Motivation-Part A

Emotion and Motivation-Part B

Emotion and Motivation-Part C

Emotion and Motivation-Part D

Emotion and Motivation-Part E

Language and Thought-Part B

Language and Thought-Part C

Language and Thought-Part D

Language and Thought-Part E

Intelligence-Part A

Intelligence-Part B

Intelligence-Part C

Intelligence-Part D

Intelligence-Part E

Development-Part A

Development-Part B

Development-Part C

Development-Part D

Development-Part E

Personality-Part A

Personality-Part B

Personality-Part C

Personality-Part D

Personality-Part E

Social Psychology-Part A

The language of the Inuit in Canada has many different terms for frozen white flakes of precipitation,for which we use the term snow._ argued that,because of this,the Inuit _.

The sentences "The dog chased the cat" and "The dog was chased by the cat" have _ deep structure and _ surface structure.

The Dani,an isolated tribe living in New Guinea,have only two words for colors,roughly corresponding to "light" and "dark." The Dani _ impairments in recognizing shades of color,which is _ with the linguistic relativity hypothesis.