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AP Psychology Language

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest form of language that can carry meaning?

a)

Phoneme

b)

Morpheme

c)

Grammar

d)

Babbling

e)

Critical Periods Hypothesis

2.

Which theory says that if a child does not learn a language of any kind by the age of 7, they will never be able to master a language?

a)

Insight

b)

Intuition

c)

Phoneme

d)

Morpheme

e)

Critical Periods

3.

The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word “hit” in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of

a)

syntax.

b)

semantics.

c)

morphemes.

d)

prototypes.

e)

linguistic determinism.

4.

Children begin to demonstrate that they know how to put words in a sensible order during the ________ stage.

a)

babbling

b)

syntactic

c)

two-word

d)

three-word

e)

phonetic

5.
In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.”  This best illustrates the importance of:
a)
syntax.
b)
semantics.
c)
morphemes.
d)
phonemes.
6.
Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go"? 
a)
B. F. Skinner
b)
Benjamin Lee Whorf
c)
Noam Chomsky
d)
Hermann Ebbinghaus
7.
When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:
a)
Phonemes increases, but the number of morphemes stays the same 
b)
Phonemes and morphemes are both increased
c)
Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same
d)
Phonemes stays the same, but the number of morphemes increases
8.
A, an and ill are all examples of:
a)
Phonemes
b)
Morphemes
c)
Syntax
d)
Grammar
9.
The rules most directly involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words and sentences are rules of:
a)
Syntax
b)
Grammar
c)
Phonemic structure
d)
Semantics
10.
The child who says “milk gone” is engaging in ____________. This type of utterance demonstrates that children are actively experimenting with the rules of ____________.
a)
Babbling; syntax
b)
Telegraphic speech; syntax
c)
Babbling; semantics
d)
Telegraphic speech; semantics
11.
Skinner and other behaviorists have argued that language development is the result of:
a)
Imitation
b)
Reinforcement
c)
Association
d)
All of the above
12.
In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)
a)
prototype.
b)
morpheme.
c)
syntax.
d)
algorithm.
13.

Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound?

a)

Phoneme

b)

Morpheme

c)

Semantics

d)

Syntax

14.

Which brain area controls the expression of language?

a)

Broca’s area

b)

Wernicke’s area

c)

Temporal lobe

d)

Auditory cortex

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