PSY 357 EXAM 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Also be able to identify a true description of the poverty of the
stimulus argument. Correct Answers Behaviorism is proposing
that children are able to learn language just from their
environment, but theorists proved they must be bringing some
innate knowledge to the table themselves.
Also be able to identify which side of the debate Watson,
Skinner and Chomsky fall on. Correct Answers Empiricists
believed all knowledge comes from experience (Watson,
Skinner)
Nativists believed that children are equipped with innate
knowledge (Chomsky)
Analytic introspection: who developed it as a technique, and
what was it? How did behaviorists like Watson react to it?
Correct Answers Wilhelm Wundt, introspection is describing
one's feelings and inner thoughts. Watson did not view analytic
introspection as a valid scientific method, the only valid way to
study psychology is by observing behavior. And it is impossible
to disprove
Be able to count the number of morphemes in the sentence.
Correct Answers Smallest meaningful unit of speech, "kissed"
contains two morphemes: kiss -ed
Be able to identify a statement that accurately reflects the degree
of iconicity and/or arbitrariness in American Sign Language
(ASL). Correct Answers
, Be able to identify and explain key methodological details of
Osterhout and Swinney's lexical decision experiment. What was
the task? What is a "lexical decision task"? When was the
lexical decision task administered? What were participants
doing? Correct Answers Used "tooth" in and out of a trace
position
Listen to a sentence, then presented a string of letters, decide
whether it is a word or not
Had to decide if it was a word both near the trace position and
not near the trace position
Faster processing time for "tooth", slower processing time for
"ant" if traces are real
Same processing time for "tooth" and "ant" if traces are not real
[NP The dentisti from the new medical center in town [VP was
invited ti
by the actress to go to the party]].
ti=trace (the word "dentist" was there in deep structure, then
moved in surface structure)
Be able to identify another word with which it forms a minimal
pair. Correct Answers Wear, Pear
Be able to identify descriptions and examples of grammatical
principles that contribute to linguistic productivity. Correct
Answers duality of patterning
inflectional morphology
derivational morphology
phrase structure rules
recursion
Also be able to identify a true description of the poverty of the
stimulus argument. Correct Answers Behaviorism is proposing
that children are able to learn language just from their
environment, but theorists proved they must be bringing some
innate knowledge to the table themselves.
Also be able to identify which side of the debate Watson,
Skinner and Chomsky fall on. Correct Answers Empiricists
believed all knowledge comes from experience (Watson,
Skinner)
Nativists believed that children are equipped with innate
knowledge (Chomsky)
Analytic introspection: who developed it as a technique, and
what was it? How did behaviorists like Watson react to it?
Correct Answers Wilhelm Wundt, introspection is describing
one's feelings and inner thoughts. Watson did not view analytic
introspection as a valid scientific method, the only valid way to
study psychology is by observing behavior. And it is impossible
to disprove
Be able to count the number of morphemes in the sentence.
Correct Answers Smallest meaningful unit of speech, "kissed"
contains two morphemes: kiss -ed
Be able to identify a statement that accurately reflects the degree
of iconicity and/or arbitrariness in American Sign Language
(ASL). Correct Answers
, Be able to identify and explain key methodological details of
Osterhout and Swinney's lexical decision experiment. What was
the task? What is a "lexical decision task"? When was the
lexical decision task administered? What were participants
doing? Correct Answers Used "tooth" in and out of a trace
position
Listen to a sentence, then presented a string of letters, decide
whether it is a word or not
Had to decide if it was a word both near the trace position and
not near the trace position
Faster processing time for "tooth", slower processing time for
"ant" if traces are real
Same processing time for "tooth" and "ant" if traces are not real
[NP The dentisti from the new medical center in town [VP was
invited ti
by the actress to go to the party]].
ti=trace (the word "dentist" was there in deep structure, then
moved in surface structure)
Be able to identify another word with which it forms a minimal
pair. Correct Answers Wear, Pear
Be able to identify descriptions and examples of grammatical
principles that contribute to linguistic productivity. Correct
Answers duality of patterning
inflectional morphology
derivational morphology
phrase structure rules
recursion
