Exam 9: Memory

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

Most people take less time to identify a cow as a mammal than a mouse as a mammal because a cow more closely resembles their mammal

Christmas is to holiday as ________ is to ________.

Animal trainers' expectations may have led them to interpret some chimpanzees' signs as indicative of greater linguistic ability than is warranted. This best illustrates the shortcoming of

Our intuitions are feelings and thoughts that are best described as

Our ability to learn a new language

Regarding the relationship between thinking and language, which of the following most accurately reflects the position taken in the text?

Vocal sounds that are not included in one's native language first begin to disappear from usage during the ________ stage of language development.

Alex was an African Grey parrot who displayed

Emotion-laden images of unusual but vivid cases of abducted children may lead many parents to experience exaggerated fears of letting their children walk to school. The exaggerated fears best illustrate the impact of

One reason an English-speaking adult may have difficulty pronouncing Russian words is that

Spoken, written, or signed words and the ways they are combined to communicate meaning constitute

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

After two minutes of exposure to an unbroken monotone string of nonsense syllables, infants could recognize three-syllable sequences that appeared repeatedly. This best illustrates the importance of ________ in language development.

Deaf children who are not exposed to sign language until they are teenagers

After Paul's snow-skiing accident, doctors detected damage to his cerebral cortex in Wernicke's area. Because of the damage, Paul is most likely to experience difficulty in

The bilingual advantage refers to the fact that people who are fluent in two languages are better at

One group of chimpanzees slurp termites directly from a stick, another group picks them off the stick one by one. One group of chimpanzees breaks nuts with a stone hammer; another group does this with a wooden hammer. These group differences in food gathering practices best illustrate

The inability to see a problem from a new perspective is called

Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates