11.2 Psychology Quiz

B.F. Skinner proposed that children are born with a mental program that enables them to learn grammar.

• True

• False

Deaf children babble using hand signals.

• True

• False

All children are born with the ability to learn any language.

• True

• False

It is estimated that nearly half the world’s children grow up speaking two languages.

• True

• False

Chairman is an example of a word that some people believe creates a gender stereotype in the English language.

• True

• False

Which of the following is true of morphemes?

• A. They are always words.

• B. They are made up of a single phoneme.

• C. They are the smallest units of meaning.

• D. They are innate.

Chimps use words as ________ like humans do, but unlike humans, chimps do not apply the rules of grammar.

• symbols

• speak
• understand

• express

At about what age do infants reach the first stage of language development?

• at birth

• 2 months

• 4 months

• 9 months

A young child who points to the bakery shelves and says, “You give cupcake,” is exhibiting

• a mental set

• flexibility

• telegraphic speech

• linguistic relativity

______________ is the study of language as an instrument of socialization.

• Sociolinguistics

• Expression

• Thought

• Culture