PSY101 Actual Questions and Correct Answers
Q1
Phonemes are the smallest units of in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of in a
language.
A. meaning; syntax
B. sound; meaning
C. sound; syntax
D. meaning; sound
B. sound; meaning When people must choose between two alternatives, and they recognize one
alternative but not the other, they often infer that the alternative they recognize has the higher
value. This decision- making heuristic is called the
A. recognition heuristic.
B. framing heuristic.
C. representativeness heuristic.
Q2
D. conjunction heuristic.
A. recognition heuristic.
Q3
The theories of language acquisition that emphasize both the importance of children's learning
experiences and their information-processing skills are
A. social communication theories.
B. emergentist theories.
C. nativist theories.
D. behaviorist theories.
B. emergentist theories. Dr. Sciorro believes that because the majority of children acquire language
without any effort, there must be a biological mechanism that facilitates language learning. Dr.
Sciorro's views of language development most closely mirror those of
A. Noam Chomsky.
B. Benjamin Whorf.
C. B.
F. Skinner.
Q4
D. Herbert Simon.
A. Noam Chomsky.
, Q5
If you were to compare adult language ability with the language ability speech of infants under 6
months of age, you should expect to find that
A. adults distinguish more phonemes than infants do.
B. infants distinguish more phonemes than adults do.
C. adults and infants both distinguish the same number of phonemes.
D. infants distinguish more morphemes than adults do.
B. infants distinguish more phonemes than adults do.
Q6
You are having a conversation with your psychology professor, and he proposes that your language
determines the nature of your thought. Which theorist would agree with his assertions?
A. B.
F. Skinner
B. Benjamin Whorf
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Steven Pinker
B. Benjamin Whorf
Q7
When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than the word is
meant to describe, the child is making an error of
A. overregularization.
B. fast mapping.
C. underextension.
D. overextension.
D. overextension. You apply to a graduate school that decides on who is accepted by demanding that
three
Q8
successive criteria be met: major GPA over 3.50; overall GPA over 3.00; GRE over 1,000. Failure to meet
any one eliminates an applicant. This is an example of
A. the representativeness heuristic.
B. elimination by aspects.
C. a weighted decision strategy.
D. a purely additive decision strategy.
B. elimination by aspects.
Q1
Phonemes are the smallest units of in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of in a
language.
A. meaning; syntax
B. sound; meaning
C. sound; syntax
D. meaning; sound
B. sound; meaning When people must choose between two alternatives, and they recognize one
alternative but not the other, they often infer that the alternative they recognize has the higher
value. This decision- making heuristic is called the
A. recognition heuristic.
B. framing heuristic.
C. representativeness heuristic.
Q2
D. conjunction heuristic.
A. recognition heuristic.
Q3
The theories of language acquisition that emphasize both the importance of children's learning
experiences and their information-processing skills are
A. social communication theories.
B. emergentist theories.
C. nativist theories.
D. behaviorist theories.
B. emergentist theories. Dr. Sciorro believes that because the majority of children acquire language
without any effort, there must be a biological mechanism that facilitates language learning. Dr.
Sciorro's views of language development most closely mirror those of
A. Noam Chomsky.
B. Benjamin Whorf.
C. B.
F. Skinner.
Q4
D. Herbert Simon.
A. Noam Chomsky.
, Q5
If you were to compare adult language ability with the language ability speech of infants under 6
months of age, you should expect to find that
A. adults distinguish more phonemes than infants do.
B. infants distinguish more phonemes than adults do.
C. adults and infants both distinguish the same number of phonemes.
D. infants distinguish more morphemes than adults do.
B. infants distinguish more phonemes than adults do.
Q6
You are having a conversation with your psychology professor, and he proposes that your language
determines the nature of your thought. Which theorist would agree with his assertions?
A. B.
F. Skinner
B. Benjamin Whorf
C. Noam Chomsky
D. Steven Pinker
B. Benjamin Whorf
Q7
When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than the word is
meant to describe, the child is making an error of
A. overregularization.
B. fast mapping.
C. underextension.
D. overextension.
D. overextension. You apply to a graduate school that decides on who is accepted by demanding that
three
Q8
successive criteria be met: major GPA over 3.50; overall GPA over 3.00; GRE over 1,000. Failure to meet
any one eliminates an applicant. This is an example of
A. the representativeness heuristic.
B. elimination by aspects.
C. a weighted decision strategy.
D. a purely additive decision strategy.
B. elimination by aspects.
