1) __________ is the process of relating incoming information to information already
stored in permanent memory.
a.instantiation
b.inferencing
c.elaboration
d.retention
2) which of the following points support the theory that gestural language preceded the
evolution of speech?
a.children who are bilingual in speech and sign generally are more advanced in speech
b.it is generally believed that hominid brain size increased long before the human vocal
tract evolved
c.children deprived of a language model invent spoken languages more readily than
signed languages
d.present-day humans still use gesture to accompany speech
3) transformational rules differ from phrase-structure rules in that:
a.they rewrite constituents into one or more constituents
b.they apply to entire strings, not just constituents
c.they do not involve deletion of grammatical information
d.all of the above
4) a representation of how words in a sentence are grouped into larger phrases (i.e.,
constituents) is known as:
a.lexical insertion
b.phrase structure
c.transformational grammar
d.recursion
5) according to piaget, infants behavior becomes purposeful (i.e., goal-directed) at
around:
a.12 months of age
b.8 months of age
c.4 months of age
d.2 months of age
6) saying clarefully (instead of carefully) is an example of a(n) ________ error.
a.substitution
b.exchange
c.addition
d.anticipation
7) in marslen-wilsons model, the recognition point is where:
a.one member of the cohort is selected for further analysis
b.feature information common to the entire cohort is stored
c.the words orthographic representation is retrieved
d.a single word diverges from all possible words
8) krauss et al (1998) showed that ____________ facilitated the retrieval of words from
the lexicon.
a.filled pauses
b.gestures
c.silent pauses
d.interruptions
9) you have hissed my mystery lectures is an example of a:
a.malapropism
b.perserveration
c.spoonerism
d.blend
10) whorf used the term regular analogy to emphasize:
a.our normal, habitual way of interpreting everyday experience
b.the analogy we draw from one languages expressions to another languages
c.the similarity between adult and child language usage
d.the basic-level terms we first learn as children
11) a paradigm that involves formulating a message to refer to an object or a picture is
called a:
a.coordination task
b.language transfer task
c.referential communication task
d.imitation-reply-evaluation task