PSYC 421 Ch 1 Question and answers
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In terms of deep structure, the sentence "Mary has eaten the chocolate" presents the following form:
NP1 + Aux + V + NP2. What would be the form for the following sentence?: "The chocolate was eaten by
Maggie". - correct answer ✔NP2 + Aux + been + V + by + NP1
The transformational principles of transformational grammar are examples of... - correct answer
✔algorithms
Broadbent interpreted the dichotic listening task as showing that... [multiple answer] - correct answer
✔the selection between information channels is based purely on physicals characteristics of the signal.;
we can only attend to a single information channel at a time
According to Hayes' experiments, we can only hold 7 items in short term memory - but we can use
chunking/recoding to hold far more than 7 bits of information - correct answer ✔True
Turing's primary focus was on a solution to - correct answer ✔the Halting problem
According to the Turing-Church thesis, - correct answer ✔anything that can be done in mathematics by
an algorithm can be done by a Turing Machine.
Tolman and Honzick were interested in - correct answer ✔how rats learnt to navigate mazes
The following sentences mean completely different things. However, they share the same deep
structure. Which one is it?
Susan is easy to please - correct answer ✔NP1 + V + Adj + to + V
rated A+ 2025/2026
In terms of deep structure, the sentence "Mary has eaten the chocolate" presents the following form:
NP1 + Aux + V + NP2. What would be the form for the following sentence?: "The chocolate was eaten by
Maggie". - correct answer ✔NP2 + Aux + been + V + by + NP1
The transformational principles of transformational grammar are examples of... - correct answer
✔algorithms
Broadbent interpreted the dichotic listening task as showing that... [multiple answer] - correct answer
✔the selection between information channels is based purely on physicals characteristics of the signal.;
we can only attend to a single information channel at a time
According to Hayes' experiments, we can only hold 7 items in short term memory - but we can use
chunking/recoding to hold far more than 7 bits of information - correct answer ✔True
Turing's primary focus was on a solution to - correct answer ✔the Halting problem
According to the Turing-Church thesis, - correct answer ✔anything that can be done in mathematics by
an algorithm can be done by a Turing Machine.
Tolman and Honzick were interested in - correct answer ✔how rats learnt to navigate mazes
The following sentences mean completely different things. However, they share the same deep
structure. Which one is it?
Susan is easy to please - correct answer ✔NP1 + V + Adj + to + V
