Exam 7: Thought and Language

Enrique's father is English and his mother is Spanish.He often says things like,"Donde esta bathroom?" (Where is the bathroom?)and "The park is a la izquierda." (The park is to the left.)Enrique may be ____.

Tristan cannot think of a set of defining features for the concept of "game".Some games have playing pieces (e.g.,checkers or chess),but other games do not (e.g.,dodgeball or freeze-tag).Some games have a winner (e.g.,baseball or football),while others do not (e.g.,role-playing games).Thus,we can think of a game is a ____ concept.

The sentence "The water drank the man" has ____ syntax and ____ semantics.

Pina is working a puzzle while a PET scan is performed.The PET scan indicates high activity in Pina's frontal lobe.Which conclusion can we draw from the PET scan results?

Which of the following is not a reasonable criticism of research attempting to demonstrate language learning with nonhuman primates?

The /a/ sound in the word cake is a ____.

The gaps we hear between spoken words typically do not really exist.Still,we perceive breaks between words because of ____.

Genie is unable to learn language in her teens after being isolated without language until that time.Genie's difficulty is evidence for a ____.

Patrick is at Murphy's Pub when he sees a short man wearing a green suit,top hat,and buckled shoes.Also,the man is carrying a pot of shiny gold.Based on what Patrick knows about leprechauns and how they act,he assumes this fellow must be a leprechaun,too.Patrick has used a(n)____ heuristic to make his inference.

Janaki is a very young child and is still learning to talk.When she speaks now,her verbalizations tend to consist of two words,such as "give doll" or "doggie run." These vocalizations would be characterized as ____.

Tony is an investigator who is called to the scene of a restaurant break-in.Tony must examine the clues at the scene,interview eye witnesses,and assess the motive of the forcible entry.During his investigation,Tony will rely on his ____ to piece together all this information.

When a group is making a decision,the option that is typically chosen is the one that is ____.

Theresa began studying Japanese when she was in the eighth grade.After many years of study,however,she still speaks Japanese with an accent and lacks perfect fluency.This is probably because ____.

Serdar really gets annoyed with Umit when Umit says "you pig out" to him because he does not know that "pigging out" means "eating a lot." Rather,Serdar thinks that Umit is cursing at him.This miscommunication between Serdar and Umit is a result of the ____.

Yassir is a researcher in the field of artificial intelligence.When building computers that are able to form natural concepts and think more like humans,Yassir is likely to use the ____ approach.

All Psych 100 instructors are world-renowned teachers.Brian is a Psych 100 instructor.Therefore,Brian is a world-renowned teacher.In this example,____.

Dr.Coussert is conducting an experiment in which participants are to indicate when a green light appears on a computer screen by pressing a button.In one group of subjects,the light always appears in the center of the screen,while in the second group the light appears at random locations.Dr.Coussert is probably interested in how ____ affect(s)reaction time.

Which of the following is a morpheme in the sentence "Catch you later,dudes!"?

Geraldine is a researcher who is teaching her monkey,Gidget,to use a touch board to communicate with humans.Gidget can touch symbols on the board that symbolize things like "banana," "cup," "play," and "sleep." According to your text,which statement is true?

You hear that one of the Velazquez children is an outstanding Little League player and immediately conclude it's their one son,rather than any of their four daughters.You reach your quite possibly erroneous conclusion as the result of the ____.