Exam 8: B: Language and Thought

Which of the text's unifying themes do interactionist theories of language development best reflect?

Which task is involved in analogy problems such as "Mickey Mouse is to Minnie Mouse as Donald Duck is to ____"?

What is decision making?

Darcy needs to move a couch up a set of stairs that turns a corner near the top. As he is thinking about the best way to go about this, he thinks about the position that the couch needs to be in when it turns the corner. That piece of information then anchors his decision about how to orient the couch at the bottom of the stairs. Which of the following does this example illustrate?

What is the same between the two sentences "The boy hit the ball" and "The ball was hit by the boy"?

In what age range do infants typically say their first word?

Research suggests that bilingual individuals tend to score higher than monolingual individuals on some psychological measures. Which of the following pairs tend to be higher for bilingual individuals?

Tina and Steph are both trying to decide whether to try a new diet. Tina reads that 30 percent of people lose significant amounts of weight on the diet, whereas Steph reads that 70 percent of people fail to lose significant amounts of weight. What differs between these two pieces of information?

Which of the following is the best example of overregularization?

Which perspective on language acquisition can best explain a young child (whose parents speak grammatical English) saying, "Yesterday I goed to the zoo?"

Which of the following is defined as a methodical, step-by-step procedure for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to a problem?

A limited number of words may be combined into an infinite number of sentences. What does this tell you about language?

Which of the following is an example of the statement that 'language is semantic'?

According to Steven Pinker, what is human language ability?

According to B. F. Skinner, what allows children to learn how to construct grammatical sentences?

Your professor gives two separate grades for essay questions on exams; the first is for content or meaning, and the second is for grammar. What aspects of language are represented by the two grades?

Which type of individual is more likely to experience functional fixedness when attempting to solve a problem?

In a new reality TV show, people from different cultures are put into situations where they must solve a series of problems. On the first day, they receive an instruction booklet that gives them their first problem. They must start a fire in a fire pit, but the wood next to the fire pit is wet. Based on evidence about cultural effects on problem solving, which of the following actions would you expect from a contestant who has a field independent style?

What are the smallest units of meaning in a language?

According to definitions in your text, when people decide to place bets on horse races, games of chance, and athletic events, what are they doing?