PSYC 100 FINAL- QUEENS EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
communication correct answers >> information exchanged
between the sender and receiver that is mutually understood
language correct answers >> a socially agreed upon, rule
governed system of arbitrary symbols that can be combined in
different ways to communicate ideas and feelings about the
present time and place and other times and places, real or
imagined
semanticity correct answers >> language conveys meaning
generatively correct answers >> the ability to combine words
or symbols of language using rules of composition and syntax to
communicate a nearly infinite variety of ideas using a relatively
small vocabulary
displacement correct answers >> refers to the ability to use
language to convey messages that are not tied to the immediate
context
phonology correct answers >> rules governing patterns of
sounds used in a language: which sounds are used and how they
are combined
,phoneme correct answers >> the basic distinctive speech
sounds in a language the distinguish two words
morpheme correct answers >> combination sof phonemes
and the smallest units of meaning in a language
free morpheme correct answers >> meaningful on their own,
can stand alone as words
bound morphemes correct answers >> only meaningful when
combined with other morphemes to form words
semantics correct answers >> refers to the meanings of
word
syntax correct answers >> grammatical rules of language for
combining words to form phrases, clauses, sentences
pragmatics correct answers >> social rules of language
articulators correct answers >> Mouth structures that make
speech sounds (jaw, tongue, lips, and soft palate).
coarticulation correct answers >> speech sounds for words
are not produced individually
,categorical perception correct answers >> The tendency of
perceivers to disregard physical differences between stimuli and
perceive them as the same, such that a continuous change in a
physical attribute is perceived not as continuous, but as a discrete
change at a category boundary.
written language correct answers >> a visual symbol
imposed on top of an auditory symbol system
infant directed talk correct answers >> the distinctive mode
of speech that adults adopt when talking to babies and very
young children
language development: crying correct answers >> 0-2
months, only means of verbal communication
language development: cooing correct answers >> ~2
months, starting to make speech like sounds like drawn out
vowels, smacking lips
language development: babbling correct answers >> ~7
months, mixing consonants and vowel sounds like "bababa"
language development: words correct answers >> 10-15
months, infants acquire first words + language gradually without
any clear divisions between speech and non-speech, they're just
sounds confirmed by parent
language development: vocabulary spurt correct answers >>
18 months, they know about 50 words, this is a period of strong
, language growth in children, they can learn and use large number
of words
language development: telegraphic speech correct answers
>> sounds like a telegram, only essential words in pairs to make
sense e.g. "I hungry", "more juice"
language development: 5-6 years correct answers >> full
grammatical sentences, about 10,000 words, can hold
conversations
nativism correct answers >> Philosophical view that were
born with knowledge already present
interactionist correct answers >> langue development
results from interaction among multiple biological and social
influences
multilingualism correct answers >> societies in which two or
more languages are in common use
grammer correct answers >> property emerging from
complexity of growing vocabulary, not biologically endowed
universally: size of vocabulary correlates with complexity of
grammatical
language is a social process correct answers >> humans are
social creatures and our environment is based on language and
therefore helps language development
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
2025/2026
communication correct answers >> information exchanged
between the sender and receiver that is mutually understood
language correct answers >> a socially agreed upon, rule
governed system of arbitrary symbols that can be combined in
different ways to communicate ideas and feelings about the
present time and place and other times and places, real or
imagined
semanticity correct answers >> language conveys meaning
generatively correct answers >> the ability to combine words
or symbols of language using rules of composition and syntax to
communicate a nearly infinite variety of ideas using a relatively
small vocabulary
displacement correct answers >> refers to the ability to use
language to convey messages that are not tied to the immediate
context
phonology correct answers >> rules governing patterns of
sounds used in a language: which sounds are used and how they
are combined
,phoneme correct answers >> the basic distinctive speech
sounds in a language the distinguish two words
morpheme correct answers >> combination sof phonemes
and the smallest units of meaning in a language
free morpheme correct answers >> meaningful on their own,
can stand alone as words
bound morphemes correct answers >> only meaningful when
combined with other morphemes to form words
semantics correct answers >> refers to the meanings of
word
syntax correct answers >> grammatical rules of language for
combining words to form phrases, clauses, sentences
pragmatics correct answers >> social rules of language
articulators correct answers >> Mouth structures that make
speech sounds (jaw, tongue, lips, and soft palate).
coarticulation correct answers >> speech sounds for words
are not produced individually
,categorical perception correct answers >> The tendency of
perceivers to disregard physical differences between stimuli and
perceive them as the same, such that a continuous change in a
physical attribute is perceived not as continuous, but as a discrete
change at a category boundary.
written language correct answers >> a visual symbol
imposed on top of an auditory symbol system
infant directed talk correct answers >> the distinctive mode
of speech that adults adopt when talking to babies and very
young children
language development: crying correct answers >> 0-2
months, only means of verbal communication
language development: cooing correct answers >> ~2
months, starting to make speech like sounds like drawn out
vowels, smacking lips
language development: babbling correct answers >> ~7
months, mixing consonants and vowel sounds like "bababa"
language development: words correct answers >> 10-15
months, infants acquire first words + language gradually without
any clear divisions between speech and non-speech, they're just
sounds confirmed by parent
language development: vocabulary spurt correct answers >>
18 months, they know about 50 words, this is a period of strong
, language growth in children, they can learn and use large number
of words
language development: telegraphic speech correct answers
>> sounds like a telegram, only essential words in pairs to make
sense e.g. "I hungry", "more juice"
language development: 5-6 years correct answers >> full
grammatical sentences, about 10,000 words, can hold
conversations
nativism correct answers >> Philosophical view that were
born with knowledge already present
interactionist correct answers >> langue development
results from interaction among multiple biological and social
influences
multilingualism correct answers >> societies in which two or
more languages are in common use
grammer correct answers >> property emerging from
complexity of growing vocabulary, not biologically endowed
universally: size of vocabulary correlates with complexity of
grammatical
language is a social process correct answers >> humans are
social creatures and our environment is based on language and
therefore helps language development
