AP Psychology Intelligence and Language

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage.

• grammatical
• one-word
  
• telegraphic speech
  
• babbling
  

Skinner and other behaviorists have argued that language development is the result of:

• Imitation
• Reinforcement
• Association
• All of the above

Whorf’s linguistic determination hypothesis states that:

• Language is primarily a learned ability
• Language is partially an innate ability
• The size of a person’s vocabulary reflects his or her intelligence
• Our language shapes our thinking

In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)

• phoneme

• morpheme.

• syntax.

• algorithm.

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, “Can you please a ride to the airport me give?” This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

• phonemes
• semantics
• syntax
• nomenclature

Chomsky suggested that as a child first begins hearing language, appropriate settings or standards regarding the rules of that language are activated in the child's

• category hierarchy.
• linguistic prototype.
• linguistic prototype.
• language acquisition device.

If a test is reliable, it means that

• it is given in the same way every time.
• it tests what it is suppose to test.
• it is a fair assessment.
• it yields consistent results.

Spearman argued that intelligence could be boiled down to one ability known as

• Spatial Intelligence
• Introverted Intelligence
• General Intelligence
• Extroverted Intelligence

All of the following people are known for their theories of intelligence except for

• Thurstone.
• Gardner.
• Sternberg.
• Flynn.

Santos is 8 years old and, according to the Stanford-Binet, he has a mental age of 10. What is his IQ?

• 80
• 100
• 125
• 150