PSYCH 349 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
P2 - ANSWER
At what age do babies begin to sort their inventory of sounds based on the separate
phonemic categories of the language they are learning? - ANSWER a. Immediately after birth
b. By the end of their first year of life
c. When they begin to learn to talk
d. At about 4 months of age
CORRECT ANSWER
b. By the end of their first year of life
(Assuming the "French babies" means babies raised in a French-speaking environment, etc.)
Based on the results of Mehler et al.'s 1988 study of language recognition patterns in
newborns, you would expect to find that - ANSWER a. English babies can differentiate
German and French sounds.
b. Russian babies cannot differentiate Russian and French sounds.
c. French babies cannot differentiate Russian and French sounds.
d. Russian babies can differentiate Russian and French sounds.
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Russian babies can differentiate Russian and French sounds.
,What does duality of patterning in human language refer to? - ANSWER a. combining two
patterns of sounds in different ways to create new words
b. combining sounds and meaning
c. creating words by combining two sounds
d. combining a limited number of meaningless units to create a large number of meaningful
words
CORRECT ANSWER
d. combining a limited number of meaningless units to create a large number of meaningful
words
While Japanese speakers consider the relation between /r/ and /l/ to be fluid and thus _______,
English speakers treat the two as distinct _______. - ANSWER a. phonemes; allophones
b. phonemes; phonemes
c. allophones; allophones
d. allophones; phonemes
CORRECT ANSWER
d. allophones; phonemes
Is sign language a universal system of gestures? - ANSWER a. No - sign languages vary,
, though they are all derived from one original sign language.
b. Yes - all sign languages use the same gestures, just in different orders.
c. Yes - there is one sign language with minor variants around the world.
d. No - each sign language is independent and has its own gestures.
CORRECT ANSWER
d. No - each sign language is independent and has its own gestures.
Can a young deaf child, born into a non-signing, hearing family, communicate with her
parents? - ANSWER a. No, all children know American Sign Language at birth, but their
hearing parents will have forgotten their knowledge of sign language from disuse.
b. Yes, deaf children usually invent a gestural language to communicate with their parents.
c. No, deaf children cannot communicate with anyone until someone teaches them sign
language.
d. Yes, but only if their parents know sign language.
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Yes, deaf children usually invent a gestural language to communicate with their parents.
In the research presented in Kuhl's TED talk, which of the following led to successful
discrimination of Mandarin sounds by infants primarily exposed to English? - ANSWER 1.
watching video recordings of Mandarin speakers
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P2 - ANSWER
At what age do babies begin to sort their inventory of sounds based on the separate
phonemic categories of the language they are learning? - ANSWER a. Immediately after birth
b. By the end of their first year of life
c. When they begin to learn to talk
d. At about 4 months of age
CORRECT ANSWER
b. By the end of their first year of life
(Assuming the "French babies" means babies raised in a French-speaking environment, etc.)
Based on the results of Mehler et al.'s 1988 study of language recognition patterns in
newborns, you would expect to find that - ANSWER a. English babies can differentiate
German and French sounds.
b. Russian babies cannot differentiate Russian and French sounds.
c. French babies cannot differentiate Russian and French sounds.
d. Russian babies can differentiate Russian and French sounds.
CORRECT ANSWER
d. Russian babies can differentiate Russian and French sounds.
,What does duality of patterning in human language refer to? - ANSWER a. combining two
patterns of sounds in different ways to create new words
b. combining sounds and meaning
c. creating words by combining two sounds
d. combining a limited number of meaningless units to create a large number of meaningful
words
CORRECT ANSWER
d. combining a limited number of meaningless units to create a large number of meaningful
words
While Japanese speakers consider the relation between /r/ and /l/ to be fluid and thus _______,
English speakers treat the two as distinct _______. - ANSWER a. phonemes; allophones
b. phonemes; phonemes
c. allophones; allophones
d. allophones; phonemes
CORRECT ANSWER
d. allophones; phonemes
Is sign language a universal system of gestures? - ANSWER a. No - sign languages vary,
, though they are all derived from one original sign language.
b. Yes - all sign languages use the same gestures, just in different orders.
c. Yes - there is one sign language with minor variants around the world.
d. No - each sign language is independent and has its own gestures.
CORRECT ANSWER
d. No - each sign language is independent and has its own gestures.
Can a young deaf child, born into a non-signing, hearing family, communicate with her
parents? - ANSWER a. No, all children know American Sign Language at birth, but their
hearing parents will have forgotten their knowledge of sign language from disuse.
b. Yes, deaf children usually invent a gestural language to communicate with their parents.
c. No, deaf children cannot communicate with anyone until someone teaches them sign
language.
d. Yes, but only if their parents know sign language.
CORRECT ANSWER
b. Yes, deaf children usually invent a gestural language to communicate with their parents.
In the research presented in Kuhl's TED talk, which of the following led to successful
discrimination of Mandarin sounds by infants primarily exposed to English? - ANSWER 1.
watching video recordings of Mandarin speakers
