Exam 28: Language and Thought

Research on the language capabilities of apes clearly demonstrates that they have the capacity to

Which of the following BEST describes Chomsky's view of language development?

Rico, the border collie, can fetch 200 items by name. If asked to retrieve a toy with a name he has never heard before, Rico will fetch a toy that is

According to the text, language acquisition is best described as

Many people who are bilingual experience a different sense of self, depending on which language they are using. This most clearly illustrates the implications of

Language refers to the

Our ability to learn a new language

Using different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual distinctions between the objects. This best illustrates

When you add s to the word apple you are referring to more than one apple. This illustrates an English language rule of

Infants are first able to discriminate speech sounds during the ________ stage.

Human language appears to have evolved from

Which of the following is NOT true of babbling?

The English language has approximately ________ phonemes.

Beatrice and Allen Gardner taught the chimpanzee Washoe to communicate by means of

The word "chimps" contains ________ phoneme(s) and ________ morpheme(s).

Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes that

The two-word stage of language development typically begins at the age of ________ months.

Introductory psychology students facing a midterm exam one week later spent five minutes each day visualizing themselves reading their assigned chapters, going over their notes, and eliminating study distractions. This ________ simulation had a ________ effect on their exam scores.

Damage to ________ will usually cause a person to lose the ability to comprehend language.

By about age 7, those who have not been exposed to either a spoken or a signed language gradually lose their ability to master any language. This illustrates the importance of ________ for language acquisition.