Take-home Quiz_Chapter 1 HUM 210 Fall 2023

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Hum 210, Fall 2022 Quiz: Chapter 1 Shanaz Ali 1. By the age of ______ years children have mastered the basics of his/her language. a. one to two b. two to three c. four to five d. six to seven 2. the timeline for major language milestones a. depends entirely on culture b. is similar across languages c. starts with the first word d. none of the above 3. de Saussure argued that a. some languages are more complex than others b. languages are primitive if the society is c. human language is like a chess game in terms of pieces and rules d. most languages are simple 4. Syntax is a. the rules that govern arrangement of words in a sentence b. the rules that govern what words mean c. the rules that define the order of phonemes d. the rules that govern conversation 5. A morpheme is a. the smallest unit of meaning within a language b. the smallest unit of sound within a language c. the same as a word 1

Hum 210, Fall 2022 Quiz: Chapter 1 d. none of the above 6. Which of the following is an example of a phoneme? a. the letter t in the letter string C-A-T b. the sound t in the sound sequence C-A-T c. the sound CAT in the sound sequence C-A-T-S d. the sound indicated by the letters C-A 7. The term ‘language family’ a. indicates a group of languages that come from the same original language b. indicates languages that differ from each other by several generations of language change c. refers only to indo-european languages d. refers to S-V-O languages only 8. Sign language a. is the same regardless of culture or location b. is sometimes iconic c. is always iconic d. not considered a language 9. Examination of children who were not exposed to language such as Genie and the “wild boy” from Aveyron provide: a. examples of unethical studies b. ways to address questions related to the origin of language c. evidence of early language learning behaviors d. evidence suggesting a critical period for language acquisition 10. B.F. Skinner is most associated with a. the idea that language learning is the result of operant conditioning. b. the idea that language learning ability is innate, or biologically based. c. the idea that language learning is the result of statistical learning. d. none of the above 2

Hum 210, Fall 2022 Quiz: Chapter 1 11. Noam Chomsky initially proposed that language learning a. is the result of operant conditioning b. is the result of having a language acquisition device (LAD) c. is the result of sensitivity to regularities in natural language d. cannot be biologically based because of Universal Grammar 12. The ___________approach is an example of the role of ____________. a. generative; nurture b. generative; nature c. behaviorist; nature d. behaviorist; modularity 13. Which of the following is not an observational method? a. baby biographies b. normative studies c. Peabody picture vocabulary test d. habituation 14. Habituation as a research method a. assumes that increased looking time means less interest b. assumes that increased looking time means perception of difference c. assumes that babies are difficult to bore d. can only be used with looking time 15. CHILDES is a data bank of: a. transcribed and coded samples of child language samples b. results of standardized tests on children’s language stages c. studies summarizing child language development d. none of the above 3

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Hum 210, Fall 2022 Quiz: Chapter 1 16. Normative data, such as Gesell’s a. permit comparison across children b. are drawn from small samples c. are only useful for children of a particular socio-economic status d. explain development 17. Pragmatic rules of language a. involve social norms for language use b. appear in use at 2 years of age c. are only about being polite d. all of the above 18.Saussure considered words to be ____________ and syntax to be ___________ a. the rules of chess; the chess pieces b. the chess pieces; the rules of chess c. the lexicon; the phonology d. the phonology; the lexicon 19. The sentence “green ideas sleep furiously” a. is semantically correct b. is syntactically well formed c. is semantically nonsense d. is syntactically ill-formed 20. Modularity a. suggests all languages are similar b. suggests that syntax is learned c. suggests that language is one of several specializations of the brain d. suggests that rules for language are selected due to input 4

Hum 210, Fall 2022 Quiz: Chapter 1 21.Which approach suggests that experience is primary when it comes to language acquisition? a. interactionist b. behaviorist c. statistical learning d. all of the above 22. The head-turn technique is useful for a. studying infant’s ability to detect difference b. studying infant’s ability to categorize c. studying infant’s abilitiy to be bored d. studying infants’ ability to see 23.The method of “Baby biography” a. is a reliable experimental technique b. was used by Darwin c. is a no longer a valid research method d. is less time consuming than conducting an experiment 24. The role of imitation and reinforcement are primary in a. Chomsky’s approach b. Lenneberg’s approach c. Skinner’s approach d. Saussure’s approach 25.The term “lexicon” a. refers to the rules of order in a sentence b. refers to the words of a language c. refers to the published dictionaries of languages d. refers to the sounds of a language 5