AP Psychology Language

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the smallest form of language that can carry meaning?

Phoneme

Morpheme

Grammar

Babbling

Critical Periods Hypothesis

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which theory says that if a child does not learn a language of any kind by the age of 7, they will never be able to master a language?

Insight

Intuition

Phoneme

Morpheme

Critical Periods

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The rock musician was hit with a rotten egg while performing his latest hit song. The fact that you can recognize two different meanings for the word “hit” in the preceding sentence demonstrates the importance of

syntax.

semantics.

morphemes.

prototypes.

linguistic determinism.

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Children begin to demonstrate that they know how to put words in a sensible order during the ________ stage.

babbling

syntactic

two-word

three-word

phonetic

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In English, it is appropriate to refer to “a pretty bird,” but not to “a bird pretty.” This best illustrates the importance of:

syntax.

semantics.

morphemes.

phonemes.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go"?

B. F. Skinner

Benjamin Lee Whorf

Noam Chomsky

Hermann Ebbinghaus

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

Phonemes increases, but the number of morphemes stays the same

Phonemes and morphemes are both increased

Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same

Phonemes stays the same, but the number of morphemes increases

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A, an and ill are all examples of:

Phonemes

Morphemes

Syntax

Grammar

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The rules most directly involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words and sentences are rules of:

Syntax

Grammar

Phonemic structure

Semantics

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The child who says “milk gone” is engaging in ____________. This type of utterance demonstrates that children are actively experimenting with the rules of ____________.

Babbling; syntax

Telegraphic speech; syntax

Babbling; semantics

Telegraphic speech; semantics

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Skinner and other behaviorists have argued that language development is the result of:

Imitation

Reinforcement

Association

All of the above

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)

prototype.

morpheme.

syntax.

algorithm.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which structural component of language is the smallest unit of distinctive sound?

Phoneme

Morpheme

Semantics

Syntax

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which brain area controls the expression of language?

Broca’s area

Wernicke’s area

Temporal lobe

Auditory cortex

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