Exam 8: A: Language and Thought

Seamus discovered ice cream,dolphins,and trains for the first time yesterday,and has started using those words correctly right away.What does this example illustrate

Zackary's friend asks how well Zackary gets along with his younger brother.Zackary thinks about how irritating his younger brother was yesterday,and the big fight they had as a result,and tells his friend that he doesn't get along with his brother at all.What is Zackary's response consistent with in this instance

Which of your text's unifying themes is illustrated by interactionist theories of language development

What have we learned from studies in which researchers have attempted to teach chimpanzees and bonobos to use nonverbal language (i.e.,sign language or communication boards)

What is an algorithm

What are the adjectives that describe the four essential characteristics of language

Penny saw a man walking toward her with a baseball bat,and she immediately decided that she was in danger.She then thought carefully about her situation and realized that she was at a park with a baseball diamond,so the man was probably just going there to practise.Which decision-making model accounts for both attributions

Which statement is least accurate

What does the term "cognition" refer to

Which of your text's unifying themes is partly illustrated by the fact that variations in cognitive style sometimes reflect the ecological demands of one's environment

According to Pinker and Bloom,how many generations would it have taken for Neanderthals to become extinct if the acquisition of language produced a 1 percent difference in mortality rates among overlapping Neanderthal and human populations

Why do we make so many errors in decision making,according to the theory of bounded rationality

When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a narrower set of objects or actions than it is meant to,which type of error is a child making

According to Herbert Simon,people do not always live up to ideal goals of rationality in making decisions.Rather,they tend to use simple strategies which only focus on a few facets of the available options.What is this behavioural economic theory called

What is subjective probability

You're deciding whether you should take a new medication.One review tells you that the medication has a 5 percent risk of a serious side effect.Another review tells you that 95 percent of patients do not experience that side effect.What differs between these two reviews

Which statement best describes bilingualism

Language has rules that govern the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences.What quality of language does this reflect

Elisa is entering survey data from adult males in a research study.One respondent has listed his height as 6 feet 5 inches,but the occupation is hard to decipher.Elisa thinks it might be basketball player or bank president.She decides to enter basketball player as the occupation,because he is so tall.What did Elisa do in this case

You applied for a job at a local store.You got an interview but were not offered a position.The next week,you see a very pretty new girl working behind the counter.You tell your friends that you didn't get the job because the manager hired the pretty girl rather than someone who was better qualified for the job.A week later,one of your friends tells you that the girl who was hired had four years of retail experience and glowing letters of reference.You still believe that her looks got her the job.What does your opinion demonstrate