psych chapters 7 and 8
Cognition is a synonym for ______. -
✅thinking
The three most important building blocks of thought are ______. -
✅language, images, and concepts
Spoken language is based on universal sound units called ______. -
✅phonemes
The basic sound units of any language are called ______. -
✅phonemes
By themselves, phonemes are ______ -
✅meaningless
Phonemes are grouped together to form ______. -
✅morphemes
The smallest meaningful units in a language are ______ -
✅morphemes
Which of the following is NOT true of morphemes? -
✅They are universal sound units on which language is based.
The two main components of grammar are ______. -
✅semantics and syntax
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, The system of rules that governs how we combine words to form grammatical sentences is called
______. -
✅syntax
There is a rule in the English language that adjectives come before nouns. This rule is an example of
______. -
✅syntax
The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called ______.
-
✅semantics
Putting "ed" at the end of the word "play" to put the action in the past tense is an example of
______. -
✅semantics
"John will study hard for his next exam." "For his next test, John will prepare very studiously." "John
will devote all his studying to the next exam." These three sentences all exhibit the same ______. -
✅deep structure
A nonverbal mental representation of a sensory experience is known as ______. -
✅an image
Use of a pie chart, in which each item receives a piece of the pie according to its percentage of total
budget, is an example of a(n) ______ -
✅image
Mental categories for classifying specific people, things, or events are known as ______. -
✅concepts
Which of the following statements is true? -
✅Concepts help us think about logical relationships
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Cognition is a synonym for ______. -
✅thinking
The three most important building blocks of thought are ______. -
✅language, images, and concepts
Spoken language is based on universal sound units called ______. -
✅phonemes
The basic sound units of any language are called ______. -
✅phonemes
By themselves, phonemes are ______ -
✅meaningless
Phonemes are grouped together to form ______. -
✅morphemes
The smallest meaningful units in a language are ______ -
✅morphemes
Which of the following is NOT true of morphemes? -
✅They are universal sound units on which language is based.
The two main components of grammar are ______. -
✅semantics and syntax
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, The system of rules that governs how we combine words to form grammatical sentences is called
______. -
✅syntax
There is a rule in the English language that adjectives come before nouns. This rule is an example of
______. -
✅syntax
The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called ______.
-
✅semantics
Putting "ed" at the end of the word "play" to put the action in the past tense is an example of
______. -
✅semantics
"John will study hard for his next exam." "For his next test, John will prepare very studiously." "John
will devote all his studying to the next exam." These three sentences all exhibit the same ______. -
✅deep structure
A nonverbal mental representation of a sensory experience is known as ______. -
✅an image
Use of a pie chart, in which each item receives a piece of the pie according to its percentage of total
budget, is an example of a(n) ______ -
✅image
Mental categories for classifying specific people, things, or events are known as ______. -
✅concepts
Which of the following statements is true? -
✅Concepts help us think about logical relationships
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