Cognitive Psychology - Language Quiz

What is the smallest unit of distinct speech sound?

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

Which component examines the meanings of language?

• Syntax

• Pragmatics

• Phoneme

• Semantic

What is the study of the relationship between social behavior and language called?

• Psycholinguistics

• Computational linguistics

• Sociolinguistic

• Neurolinguistic

Which hypothesis suggests that language influences our thinking?

• Language Theory

• Cognitive Theory

• Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

• Linguistic Relativity

What is the term for the smallest unit of meaning within a language?

• Syntax

• Morpheme

• Phoneme

• Lexicon

Which type of aphasia involves difficulty in understanding spoken words?

• Global Aphasia

• Anomic Aphasia

• Wernicke's Aphasia

• Broca's Aphasia

What is the ability to retrieve phonemes from long-term memory called?

• Phonological Awareness

• Lexical Access

• Phonological Coding

• Phonological Reading

Which property of language allows for the creation of new sentences?

• Structured

• Arbitrary

• Generative

• Dynamic

What is the study of language structure and change called?

• Computational linguistics

• Sociolinguistic

• Linguistic

• Neurolinguistic

What is echolalia?

• Meaningless repetition of words

• Understanding spoken language

• Creating new words

• Difficulty in reading