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    PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz Question 1 Which of the following is/are generally agreed upon as necessary criteria/criterion for claiming that a communication system is a language? A. regularity B. productivity C. referentiality D. interpersonal E. both regularity and productivity Question 2 The study of the ways in which sounds can be combined in any given language is called: A. phonology B. morphology C. syntax D. grammar E. pragmatics Question 3 The branch of linguistics devoted to the study of meaning: A. phonetics B. semantics C. morphology D. pragmatics E. syntax Question 4 Which of the following is NOT a kind of syntactic rule proposed by Chomsky? A. lexical insertion rule B. phrase structure rule C. illegal contraction rule D. rewrite rule E. transformational rule Question 5 According to the study of semantics, understanding the meaning of a sentence requires which of the following conditions? A. understanding of the meaning of each word in the sentence B. understanding of the syntax of the sentence C. understanding of the truth conditions of the sentence D. understanding of the syntax and the truth conditions of the sentence E. understanding of the meaning of the words, the syntax of the sentence, and the truth conditions of the sentence Question 6 “George is not tall enough to ride the roller coaster.” “George is too short to ride the roller coaster.” These sentences are related through: A. ambiguity B. entailment C. synonymy D. anomaly E. self-contradictio Question 7 According to Miller, a fundamental problem of speech perception is: A. speech is continuous rather than discrete B. perception of speech is noncategorical C. we pay attention to certain acoustic properties of speech but ignore others D. hearing is a less accurate sense than vision E. missing phonemes can render words incomprehensible Question 8 Warren and Warren showed that when presented with a sentence where a sound was replaced by a cough (represented by * here), such as “It was found that the *eel was on the axle,” A. people could not interpret the sentence B. people said that they understood the word to be wheel, but they were aware that they did not actually hear the w sound C. people said that they heard the entire word wheel without being aware of anything odd in the sentence D. people erroneously heard the word meal at first, but then realized by the end of the sentence that the word must be wheel. E. people erroneously heard the word heel and were confused when they heard the end of the sentence. Question 9 Studies of context and speech perception have shown all of the following phenomena EXCEPT: A. Subjects use context to mentally restore missing phonemes B. Subjects use context to understand mispronounced words C. Subjects use visual context to discriminate similar phonemes such as ba and da when the physical sound is ambiguous D. Subjects notice a discrepancy when they hear the sound ba pronounced but the visual cue is consistent with a different phoneme (da) E. Listeners are often unaware of their use of context in perceiving speech Question 10 Studies of speech errors suggest that: A. native speakers of a language rarely make speech errors B. most speech errors are caused by fatigue C. word substitutions typically show both meaning and form relations D. choosing a words meaning and a words form appear to be separate processes that operate at different times in speech production E. most speech errors show both meaning and form relations, and are caused by fatigue Question 11 Studies of sentence comprehension have shown all of the following EXCEPT: A. Exact wording of a clause is preserved in memory while that clause is actively being processed B. After a sentence has been processed, exact wording is discarded and only the general meaning is preserved in memory C. We typically do not consciously notice ambiguities in sentences D. We do not pr

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    PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz Question 1 Which of the following is/are generally agreed upon as necessary criteria/criterion for claiming that a communication system is a language? A. regularity B. productivity C. referentiality D. interpersonal E. both regularity and productivity Question 2 The study of the ways in which sounds can be combined in any given language is called: A. phonology B. morphology C. syntax D. grammar E. pragmatics Question 3 The branch of linguistics devoted to the study of meaning: A. phonetics B. semantics C. morphology D. pragmatics E. syntax Question 4 Which of the following is NOT a kind of syntactic rule proposed by Chomsky? A. lexical insertion rule B. phrase structure rule C. illegal contraction rule D. rewrite rule E. transformational rule Question 5 According to the study of semantics, understanding the meaning of a sentence requires which of the following conditions? A. understanding of the meaning of each word in the sentence B. understanding of the syntax of the sentence C. understanding of the truth conditions of the sentence D. understanding of the syntax and the truth conditions of the sentence E. understanding of the meaning of the words, the syntax of the sentence, and the truth conditions of the sentence Question 6 “George is not tall enough to ride the roller coaster.” “George is too short to ride the roller coaster.” These sentences are related through: A. ambiguity B. entailment C. synonymy D. anomaly E. self-contradictio Question 7 According to Miller, a fundamental problem of speech perception is: A. speech is continuous rather than discrete B. perception of speech is noncategorical C. we pay attention to certain acoustic properties of speech but ignore others D. hearing is a less accurate sense than vision E. missing phonemes can render words incomprehensible Question 8 Warren and Warren showed that when presented with a sentence where a sound was replaced by a cough (represented by * here), such as “It was found that the *eel was on the axle,” A. people could not interpret the sentence B. people said that they understood the word to be wheel, but they were aware that they did not actually hear the w sound C. people said that they heard the entire word wheel without being aware of anything odd in the sentence D. people erroneously heard the word meal at first, but then realized by the end of the sentence that the word must be wheel. E. people erroneously heard the word heel and were confused when they heard the end of the sentence. Question 9 Studies of context and speech perception have shown all of the following phenomena EXCEPT: A. Subjects use context to mentally restore missing phonemes B. Subjects use context to understand mispronounced words C. Subjects use visual context to discriminate similar phonemes such as ba and da when the physical sound is ambiguous D. Subjects notice a discrepancy when they hear the sound ba pronounced but the visual cue is consistent with a different phoneme (da) E. Listeners are often unaware of their use of context in perceiving speech Question 10 Studies of speech errors suggest that: A. native speakers of a language rarely make speech errors B. most speech errors are caused by fatigue C. word substitutions typically show both meaning and form relations D. choosing a words meaning and a words form appear to be separate processes that operate at different times in speech production E. most speech errors show both meaning and form relations, and are caused by fatigue Question 11 Studies of sentence comprehension have shown all of the following EXCEPT: A. Exact wording of a clause is preserved in memory while that clause is actively being processed B. After a sentence has been processed, exact wording is discarded and only the general meaning is preserved in memory C. We typically do not consciously notice ambiguities in sentences D. We do not pr

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    PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz PSY 360 Week 4 Quiz Question 1 Which of the following is/are generally agreed upon as necessary criteria/criterion for claiming that a communication system is a language? A. regularity B. productivity C. referentiality D. interpersonal E. both regularity and productivity Question 2 The study of the ways in which sounds can be combined in any given language is called: A. phonology B. morphology C. syntax D. grammar E. pragmatics Question 3 The branch of linguistics devoted to the study of meaning: A. phonetics B. semantics C. morphology D. pragmatics E. syntax Question 4 Which of the following is NOT a kind of syntactic rule proposed by Chomsky? A. lexical insertion rule B. phrase structure rule C. illegal contraction rule D. rewrite rule E. transformational rule Question 5 According to the study of semantics, understanding the meaning of a sentence requires which of the following conditions? A. understanding of the meaning of each word in the sentence B. understanding of the syntax of the sentence C. understanding of the truth conditions of the sentence D. understanding of the syntax and the truth conditions of the sentence E. understanding of the meaning of the words, the syntax of the sentence, and the truth conditions of the sentence Question 6 “George is not tall enough to ride the roller coaster.” “George is too short to ride the roller coaster.” These sentences are related through: A. ambiguity B. entailment C. synonymy D. anomaly E. self-contradictio Question 7 According to Miller, a fundamental problem of speech perception is: A. speech is continuous rather than discrete B. perception of speech is noncategorical C. we pay attention to certain acoustic properties of speech but ignore others D. hearing is a less accurate sense than vision E. missing phonemes can render words incomprehensible Question 8 Warren and Warren showed that when presented with a sentence where a sound was replaced by a cough (represented by * here), such as “It was found that the *eel was on the axle,” A. people could not interpret the sentence B. people said that they understood the word to be wheel, but they were aware that they did not actually hear the w sound C. people said that they heard the entire word wheel without being aware of anything odd in the sentence D. people erroneously heard the word meal at first, but then realized by the end of the sentence that the word must be wheel. E. people erroneously heard the word heel and were confused when they heard the end of the sentence. Question 9 Studies of context and speech perception have shown all of the following phenomena EXCEPT: A. Subjects use context to mentally restore missing phonemes B. Subjects use context to understand mispronounced words C. Subjects use visual context to discriminate similar phonemes such as ba and da when the physical sound is ambiguous D. Subjects notice a discrepancy when they hear the sound ba pronounced but the visual cue is consistent with a different phoneme (da) E. Listeners are often unaware of their use of context in perceiving speech Question 10 Studies of speech errors suggest that: A. native speakers of a language rarely make speech errors B. most speech errors are caused by fatigue C. word substitutions typically show both meaning and form relations D. choosing a words meaning and a words form appear to be separate processes that operate at different times in speech production E. most speech errors show both meaning and form relations, and are caused by fatigue Question 11 Studies of sentence comprehension have shown all of the following EXCEPT: A. Exact wording of a clause is preserved in memory while that clause is actively being processed B. After a sentence has been processed, exact wording is discarded and only the general meaning is preserved in memory C. We typically do not consciously notice ambiguities in sentences D. We do not pr

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    Question1
    Whichofthefollowingis/aregenerallyagreeduponasnecessarycriteria/criterionforclaimingthata
    communicationsystemisalanguage?
    A.regularity
    B.productivity
    C.referentiality
    D.interpersonal
    E.bothregularityandproductivity
    Question2
    Thestudyofthewaysinwhichsoundscanbecombinedinanygivenlanguageiscalled:
    A.phonology
    B.morphology
    C.syntax
    D.grammar
    E.pragmatics
    Question3
    Thebranchoflinguisticsdevotedtothestudyofmeaning:
    A.phonetics
    B.semantics
    C.morphology
    D.pragmatics
    E.syntax
    Question4
    WhichofthefollowingisNOTakindofsyntacticruleproposedbyChomsky?
    A.lexicalinsertionrule
    B.phrasestructurerule
    C.illegalcontractionrule
    D.rewriterule
    E.transformationalrule
    Question5
    Accordingtothestudyofsemantics,understandingthemeaningofasentencerequireswhichof
    thefollowingconditions?
    A.understandingofthemeaningofeachwordinthesentence
    B.understandingofthesyntaxofthesentence
    C.understandingofthetruthconditionsofthesentence
    D.understandingofthesyntaxandthetruthconditionsofthesentence
    E.understandingofthemeaningofthewords,thesyntaxofthesentence,andthetruth
    conditionsofthesentence
    Question6
    Georgeisnottallenoughtoridetherollercoaster.Georgeistooshorttoridetherollercoaster.
    Thesesentencesarerelatedthrough:
    A.ambiguity
    B.entailment
    C.synonymy
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    D.anomaly
    E.selfcontradictio
    Question7
    AccordingtoMiller,afundamentalproblemofspeechperceptionis:
    A.speechiscontinuousratherthandiscrete
    B.perceptionofspeechisnoncategorical
    C.wepayattentiontocertainacousticpropertiesofspeechbutignoreothers
    D.hearingisalessaccuratesensethanvision
    E.missingphonemescanrenderwordsincomprehensible
    Question8
    WarrenandWarrenshowedthatwhenpresentedwithasentencewhereasoundwasreplacedbya
    cough(representedby*here),suchasItwasfoundthatthe*eelwasontheaxle,
    A.peoplecouldnotinterpretthesentence
    B.peoplesaidthattheyunderstoodthewordtobewheel,buttheywereawarethattheydidnot
    actuallyhearthewsound
    C.peoplesaidthattheyheardtheentirewordwheelwithoutbeingawareofanythingoddinthe
    sentence
    D.peopleerroneouslyheardthewordmealatfirst,butthenrealizedbytheendofthesentence
    thatthewordmustbewheel.
    E.peopleerroneouslyheardthewordheelandwereconfusedwhentheyheardtheendofthe
    sentence.
    Question9
    StudiesofcontextandspeechperceptionhaveshownallofthefollowingphenomenaEXCEPT:
    A.Subjectsusecontexttomentallyrestoremissingphonemes
    B.Subjectsusecontexttounderstandmispronouncedwords
    C.Subjectsusevisualcontexttodiscriminatesimilarphonemessuchasbaanddawhenthe
    physicalsoundisambiguous
    D.Subjectsnoticeadiscrepancywhentheyhearthesoundbapronouncedbutthevisualcueis
    consistentwithadifferentphoneme(da)
    E.Listenersareoftenunawareoftheiruseofcontextinperceivingspeech
    Question10
    Studiesofspeecherrorssuggestthat:
    A.nativespeakersofalanguagerarelymakespeecherrors
    B.mostspeecherrorsarecausedbyfatigue
    C.wordsubstitutionstypicallyshowbothmeaningandformrelations
    D.choosingawordsmeaningandawordsformappeartobeseparateprocessesthatoperateat
    differenttimesinspeechproduction
    E.mostspeecherrorsshowbothmeaningandformrelations,andarecausedbyfatigue
    Question11
    StudiesofsentencecomprehensionhaveshownallofthefollowingEXCEPT:
    A.Exactwordingofaclauseispreservedinmemorywhilethatclauseisactivelybeingprocessed
    B.Afterasentencehasbeenprocessed,exactwordingisdiscardedandonlythegeneralmeaning
    ispreservedin
    memory
    C.Wetypicallydonotconsciouslynoticeambiguitiesinsentences
    D.Wedonotprocessexactwordinginmemoryweonlyprocessmeaning
    E.Bothmeaningsofanambiguouswordcanprimeperformanceinalexicaldecisiontask,even
    whentheambiguous
    wordispresentedinacontextthatmakesitsmeaningclear
    Question12
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    Imgoingtomeethimatthebank.AttheFirstNationalBank,orattheriverbank?Thistypeof
    ambiguityisreferredtoas:
    Imgoingtomeethimatthebank.AttheFirstNationalBank,orattheriverbank?Thistypeof
    ambiguityisreferredtoas:
    A.phonetic
    B.grammatical
    C.lexical
    D.syntactic
    E.anomalous
    Question13
    Swinneysresearchsuggeststhatwhenweencounteralexicallyambiguousword,
    A.weprocessonlythemostcommonmeaning
    B.weprocessthemeaningthatisprimedbythecontext
    C.wefirstprocessthemostcommonmeaning,andthen(ifnecessary)theonethatfitsthecontext
    D.weprocessbothmeanings
    E.weprocessbothmeaningsatfirst,thensuppresstheinappropriatemeaning
    Question14
    WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTmakeapassageoftexteasiertocomprehend,accordingto
    research?
    A.avoidanceofsyntacticallyanomalouswords
    B.lesspropositionalcomplexity
    C.amatchbetweenantecedentinformationandthegiveninformation
    D.providingarelevantcontextafterthepassagehasbeenread
    E.allofthesemethodswillaidareaderincomprehendingatextpassage
    Question15
    Question15
    Theaverageeyefixationlastsabout:
    A.20milliseconds
    B.100milliseconds
    C.250milliseconds
    D.1second
    E.2seconds
    Question16
    KintschandKeenanfoundthatwespendmoretimereadingsentencesthathave:
    A.morewords
    B.morefunctionwords
    C.morecontentwords
    D.morepropositions
    Question17
    WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofstorygrammars?
    A.Theyhavevariablesthatarefilledindifferentlyfordifferentstories
    B.Theyhelpidentifyunitsofastory
    C.Theyspecifyhowoneunitofastoryrelatestootherunits
    D.Wetypicallyhavebetterrecallofstoriesthatdonotconformtoexpectedstorygrammars,
    becausetheywarrantmoreattention
    E.Theyprovideuswithaframeworkwithwhichwecanpredictcertainsequencesand
    elements
    Question18
    Fodorsmodularityhypothesisproposesthat:
    A.languageprocessingactuallyencompassesseveralsubskills(modules)
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    B.inunderstandinglanguage,weseparatesentencesandphrasesintoindividualunits
    knownasmodules
    C.languageisdependentuponotherthoughtprocessessuchasexpectation
    D.thoughtprocessesaredependentuponthelanguageweusetothink
    E.certainlanguageprocessesoperateindependentlyofothercognitiveprocessessuchas
    memoryandattention
    Question19
    Whorfslinguisticrelativityhypothesis:
    A.assertsthatthoughtisdependentuponlanguage
    B.issupportedbystudiesofcolorperception
    C.isnotsupportedbystudiesofcolorperception
    D.assertsthatthoughtisdependentuponlanguage,andissupportedbystudiesofcolor
    perception
    E.assertsthatthoughtisdependentuponlanguage,andisnotsupportedbystudiesof
    colorperception
    Question20
    DamagetoBrocasareaoftenleadsto:
    A.expressiveaphasia
    B.receptiveaphasia
    C.inabilitytocomprehendwrittenlanguage
    D.bothexpressiveaphasiaandinabilitytocomprehendwrittenlanguage
    E.bothreceptiveaphasiaandinabilitytocomprehendwrittenlanguage
    Question21
    Thesmallestmeaningfulunitsoflanguagearecalledphonemes.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question22
    Semanticsisthebranchoflinguisticsthatstudiesmeaning.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question23
    Thewordbatisconsideredtobelexicallyambiguousbecauseithastwopossiblemeanings.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question24
    Abridginginferenceisasystemofrulesthatallowsustocomprehendlarge,integratedpiecesof
    text.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question25
    Gricesmaximofquantitysaysthatoneshouldbetruthfulinaconversation.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question26
    Whorfshypothesishasbeenstronglysupportedbycrossculturalstudiesofcolorperception.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question27
    Turninyourexamisanexampleofadirective.
    A.True
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    B.False
    Question28
    Speecherrorsofteninvolveswappingwordswithsimilarmeaning,orwordswithsimilarsounds,but
    rarelydotheyinvolvebothmeaningandsound.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question29
    Peopletendtoprocessbothmeaningsofambiguouswordswhentheyencounterthemin
    sentences.
    A.True
    B.False
    Question30
    DamagetoWernickesareaisassociatedwithdifficultiesinspeaking.
    A.True
    B.False
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