Exam 9: Language and Thought

Yuna is talking to her three-month old grandson.She is using a much slower paced speech than what she would use with another adult,and she is also using much more inflection and high-pitched sounds.Why is Yuna speaking this way?

What percentage of individuals in Canada have been diagnosed with schizophrenia?

What tribe that only has two words for describing colour in their vocabulary was mentioned in the textbook?

Making several minor household repairs,Alyssa uses a shoe as a hammer and a butter knife as a screwdriver.Which of the following statements best characterizes Alyssa's problem solving?

Describe the difference between an algorithm and a heuristic.

Older adults often have trouble identifying the basis of their knowledge.This deficit is known as ___ amnesia.It may reflect degeneration in the brain's ___.

Which of the following alternatives best expresses the relationships among non-verbal communication,pragmatics,and gesturing?

The brain region responsible for fear and aggression that appears to be involved in the use of profanity is the ___.

What pattern in the progression of language development is seen in children who grow up in a bilingual or multilingual home?

When an infant begins to make non-crying vocalizations that consist mainly of vowel sounds,this is called

When Leilana told her new friend Saundra about her father,she described how he was always reading,loved Shakespeare,and often went to the symphony.Saundra was very surprised to learn that Leilana's father was a construction worker as she had assumed he must be a professor or some other professional.Which heuristic led Saundra to make this wrong assumption?

Which of the following is NOT associated with problem solving?

Define functional fixedness and provide an example.

When linguists and psychologists say that language is "generative," they mean that it is

In written language,letters most closely represent ___,whereas sentences may be said to reflect ___.

The smallest units of a language that convey meaning is a

Babies typically begin speaking simple words such as "mama" and "dada" around the age of ___ year(s)old.

If Zoran is using mental imagery to find his way from the bank to the grocery store,which of the following could he be doing?

What technique can be used with well-defined problems in which the goal is considered first,and then problem solving moves back towards the current state?

One aspect of pragmatics is our use of body language such as facial movements and gestures that may affect the meaning of the words we speak.The use of body language is a type of ___ communication.