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Language 1
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1What are the animal examples of communication?
- ABees
- BBirds
- CVervet monkeys
- DCats
- EElephants
2How do we know that the vervet monkey's calls are not just a response to arousal levels?
- AResponses are based on sound patterns, not just amplitude
- BThey have an innate fixed response
- CThey have complex internal maps
3Washoe the chimp (Gardner & Gardner) learnt 350 words and a combination of signs
- ATrue
- BFalse
4What are the 3 components of universal grammar?
- ASubstantive universals, formal universals, and an innate component that enables language learning (language acquisition device)
- BSubstantive universals, informal universals, and an innate component that enables language learning (language acquisition device)
- CUniversals (primary and secondary) and a biological component that enables language learning
5Phonemes = dealing with language in use and the contexts in which its used
- ATrue
- BFalse
64 components of learning language?
- AShape bias
- BL1/L2
- CPidgin and creoles
- DManner and motion
- EMorphemes
- FFormal universals
7Descended larynx 'theory' includes: descended hyoid bone and tongue root, change in jaw shape and tongue, sexual dimorphism and increased hypoglossal canal size in humans
- ATrue
- BFalse
8What is FOXP2?
- Agene shared that differs in 2 amino acids = mutation = speech production
- Bgene shared that differs in 4 amino acids = mutation = speech production
- Cgene shared = speech production
9Small brains do not affect language but there are brain specialisations for language
- ATrue
- BFalse
10During tip of the tongue, what does it mean when the 1st letter is often known or guessed correctly?
- APartial activation of a word without full phonological activation
- BFailure of word retrieval
- CGenerates similar sounding words
11Broca's aphasia = fluent but meaningless speech
- ATrue
- BFalse
12Right hemisphere lesion = problems with humour, metaphor processing and pragmatics
- ATrue
- BFalse
13Who said that be/was and go/went were explicitly learn and remembered on an individual basis?
- APinker & Ullman
- BRumelhart
- CBerko
14A U shaped development is where we shift from learning individual words, to learning rules and applying them to all verb, then learning which rules it applies to
- ATrue
- BFalse
15Choose the 2 correct syntactic and thematic roles
- AActive construction: The man (agent/subject) hits the doll (object/patient)
- BPassive construction: The doll (subject/patient) was hit by the man (agent/object)
- CActive construction: The man (patient/subject) hits the doll (object/agent)
- DPassive construction: The doll (object/patient) was hit by the man (agent/subject)
16Minimal attachment = e.g. The spy saw the cop with binoculars (but the cop didn't see him) and was made by Frazier
- ATrue
- BFalse
17Parsing = interpreting sentences into words/phrases etc
- ATrue
- BFalse
18What are the 4 problems with semantics?
- ANaming (dog/puppy/poodle)
- BCue validity (birds = feathers)
- COrder of acquisition (learning typical before atypical)
- DTypicality effects (how good robin is)
- ELexical semantics
- FParsing
- GOrder of typicality
19Dual Route model by Coleheart et al = lexical (semantic system) and non lexical routes (grapheme-phoneme rule system)
- ATrue
- BFalse
20Lexical priming =
- APrime -> Mask -> Target
- BPrime -> Target -> Mask
- CMask -> Target -> Prime
21Phonological encoding = conversion of orthography to phonology
- ATrue
- BFalse
222 causes of dyslexia?
- APhonological deficit hypothesis
- BMagno-cellular hypothesis
- CLexical priming hypothesis
- DAcquired hypothesis
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- Degree Mind to World Quiz on Language 1, created by Megan Nattress on 04/05/2015.
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- Megan Nattress
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