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Wilfrid Laurier University PS 102 Self-study questions Multiple Choices 1)Which of the following sequences correctly orders the components of language from the smallest or most specific to the broadest?   a

Psychology

Wilfrid Laurier University

PS 102

Self-study questions

Multiple Choices

1)Which of the following sequences correctly orders the components of language from the smallest or most specific to the broadest?

 

a.            phoneme → morpheme → syntax

b.            phoneme → syntax → morpheme

c.             syntax → morpheme → phoneme

d.            syntax → phoneme → morpheme

2.            By what age do most normally-developing babies begin to babble?

a.            1 month

b.            2 months

c.             4 months

d.            6 months

3.            A “critical period” in language development is a period during which

a.            children are proficient in their first language.

b.            children must receive stimulation to learn language.

c.             the brain forms neural connections for language learning.

d.            the brain is receptive to language learning.

4.            How does the critical period for deaf children acquiring sign language compare to the critical period for hearing children acquiring spoken language?

a.            The critical period for deaf children acquiring sign language is essentially the same as the

critical period for hearing children acquiring spoken language.

b.            The critical period for deaf children acquiring sign language is longer than the critical period for hearing children acquiring spoken language.

c.             The critical period for deaf children acquiring sign language is shorter than the critical

period for hearing children acquiring spoken language.

d.            There is no critical period for deaf children acquiring sign language, whereas there is a critical period for hearing children acquiring spoken language.

5.            Which of the following alternatives best describes gender differences in language development

from birth to about age 2?

a.            Both speech and language comprehension develop earlier in girls than in boys.

b.            Speech develops earlier in boys than in girls, but language comprehension develops earlier in girls than in boys.

c.             Speech develops earlier in girls than in boys, but language comprehension develops at

the same rate in girls and in boys.

d.            There are no gender differences in language development from birth to age 2.

6.            If you imagine rearranging the furniture in your home and vividly picture the room, which lobe of your brain is likely to be active?

a.            frontal

b.            occipital

c.             parietal

d.            temporal

7.            Which of the following statements best expresses the linguistic relativity hypothesis?

a.            Language influences thought.

b.            Language is equivalent to thought.

c.             Language is unrelated to thought.

d.            Thought determines language.

8.            A political science professor attempts to facilitate her students' completion of a term paper assignment by requiring that they first submit a topic statement, then a list of references, then a

 

draft of the introduction, and then, finally, the completed paper. The professor is encouraging her students to use the problem-solving strategy of                .

a.            forming subgoals

b.            trial and error

c.             using an analogy

d.            working backwards

9.            Although James worked on his chemistry homework for several hours, he still did not understand it. While taking a break to watch television, he gained insight into the processes he had studied. What term describes his “break”?

a.            critical period

b.            encoding period

c.             incubation period

d.            retrieval period

10.          We tend to take evidence that is consistent with our beliefs more seriously than evidence inconsistent with our beliefs. This is known as the

a.            availability heuristic.

b.            confirmation bias.

c.             representativeness heuristic.

d.            selection bias.

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1.            Humans make new sentences each time they speak. This refers to the concept that language is creative or __________.

2.            Three-year-old Maya said, “I thinked about it.” This is an example of the linguistic error called

_______________.

3.            The term _________ refers to a deficit in either language production or language comprehension.

4.            The brain region critical for speech production is ________ area, located in the motor association cortex.

5.            Mental imagery refers to thoughts that involve conjuring up __________ representations of stored

sensory input.

6.            Evidence supporting the linguistic relativity hypothesis comes from ___________ psychology.

7.            A rule that guarantees the solution to a problem when it is correctly applied is a(n)__________.

8.            When we make decisions based on how easily information comes to mind, we are using the ________ heuristic.

9.            Young children are often poor eyewitnesses because they have trouble remembering where they

heard about certain information, a difficulty known as _______ amnesia.

10.          The ability to think about another person's intentions is linked to the ____________ neurons in the frontal and parietal cortex.

 

 

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