Psych Unit 4 FA Dummy 2, 2025-26

What do psychologists call a symbolic system of communication governed by structured rules to express meaning?

• Reasoning

• Emotion

• Language

• Creativity

A psychologist defines this as a symbolic system that includes rules for combining words to communicate ideas. What is the best term?

• Language

• Motivation

• Problem solving

• Intelligence

What concept involves using arbitrary symbols structured by grammatical rules to communicate meaning?

• Emotion

• Imagination

• Language

• Sensory input

A study compares children raised in multilingual households with those exposed to only one language. Results show that multilingual children perform better on tasks requiring symbolic switching and rule following. Which concept best explains this advantage?

• Creativity

• Abstract reasoning

• Language

• Emotional regulation

A young child begins using hand gestures combined with consistent patterns to express needs before speaking full sentences. This behavior reflects an early form of what structured system?

• Thought

• Language

• Emotion

• Concept formation

A teacher notes that her students can rearrange words to change sentence meaning but struggle when grammar rules change. This difficulty highlights a developing understanding of what concept?

• Intelligence

• Language

• Attention

• Memory

In a research study, participants are shown to use made-up symbols to describe new objects after being given a set of syntactic rules. Their success demonstrates understanding of which cognitive system?

• Language

• Sensation

• Insight

• Imagery

Which concept is most applicable when explaining how people communicate ideas across cultures using symbolic systems like spoken words or signed gestures?

• Sensory processing

• Language

• Operant learning

• Conditioned response

A psychologist asks patients to form meaningful phrases using arbitrary symbols and grammar structures. The ability to complete this task reflects which human cognitive capacity?

• Reasoning

• Intelligence

• Language

• Short-term memory

What term describes infants who explore freely when their caregiver is present, show brief distress when the caregiver leaves, and are comforted upon return?

• Disorganized attachment

• Insecure attachment

• Secure attachment

• Avoidant attachment