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WorksheetsThinking and Language
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 16mins
Noam Chomsky believed that all humans are born with the ability to learn and acquire language. He calls this ability
language acquisition device
telegraphic speech
linguistic determinism
babbling stage
______________ are the smallest SOUND units in a language.
Phonemes
Morphemes
Grammar
Semantics
______________ are the smallest units that carry MEANING in a language.
Phonemes
Morphemes
Grammar
Semantics
______________ is the system of RULES of a language .
Phoneme
Grammar
Syntax
Morpheme
_________________ refers to the ordering of words in a sentence.
Syntax
Semantics
Grammar
A(n) _________________ is a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people, etc.
heuristic
algorithm
concept
We often form concepts by developing prototypes, that is,
mental images of the best example of a concept.
algorithms that build step by step to a larger concept
ideas about what is opposite in nature to the concept
Trial and error fails
when perfecting an invention like the light bulb by trying a thousand filaments
when there is a clear solution but trial and error might miss it forever
when there is only one right answer
I'm shopping for items at the grocery store. I check only aisles related to the item I am looking for. (Like the canned meats section). I have used:
trial and error
an algorithm
a heuristic
To solve a word jumble, I carefully check every single combination beginning with the letter “C” before moving on to a different starting letter.
heuristic
trial and error
algorithm
In Wolfgang Kohler's experiment, the chimpanzee Sultan retrieved a long stick with a short stick to retrieve a piece of fruit. Sultan was able to reach the fruit as a result of:
insight
a fixation
artificial intelligence
trial and error
the availability heuristic
Which of the following is true regarding the relationship between thinking and language?
"Real" thinking requires the use of language
people sometimes think in images rather than in words
a thought than cannot be expressed in a particular language cannot occur to speakers of language
all the above are true
Regarding the relationships between thinking and language, which of the following most accurately reflects the position taken in the text?
language determines everything about our thinking
language determines the way we think
thinking without language is not possible
thinking affects our language, which then affects our thoughts
Solving a math problem will test your _____________________ because there is only 1 solution to that question.
convergent thinking
divergent thinking
cognitive thinking
affective reasoning
Which type of problem solving strategy allows us to make an estimate on the likelihood of events based on how much that event matches a prototype?
Intuition
Insight
Availability Heuristic
Representativeness Heuristic
Algorithm
