Psych 3312 chapters 8-11

The study of sounds used in language is called:

• semantics

• phonology

• syntax

• morphology

Sentences such as, "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" indicate that

• not all sentences need a verb phrase

• a sentence can be grammatical even if it is not meaningful

• it is possible for a sentence to have an irregular phrase structure

• the semantic content of a sentence determines its syntactic form

A word like "chair" is _________than a word like "faith."

• more difficult to memorize

• easier to identify

• easier to memorize

• more easily confused with other words

Nonfluent aphasia, in which a patient has good language comprehension but disrupted speech production, is associated with:

• Wernicke's area

• Broca's area

• the corpus callosum

• the sensory motor area

The smallest units of language that carry meaning are called:

• syntax

• morphemes

• phonetic elements

• phonemes

If asked to name as many birds as they can, people are most likely to name:

• larger birds (hawk, owl)

• distinctive birds (vulture, penguin)

• birds that relate to other concepts (turkey, eagle)

• birds similar to the prototype (robin, sparrow)

When participants are asked to judge which is a "better" even number, they:

• cannot do this task

• regarded the numbers as the same

• offered a judgment showing that there is no graded-membership

• offered a judgment that showed graded-membership

True/False: Emotional events trigger a response in the cerebellum.

• TRUE

• FALSE

According to prototype theory, the mental representation for each concept:

• represents the average or ideal

• lists perceptual features

• is located on the boundary for the concept

• specifies the necessary conditions

If given words like white, winter, cold, flake, which word will people later report (by mistake):

• house

• bright

• Fall

• snow