Question 1

____________________ is the term used by psychologists to refer to mental processes or thinking.

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The answer of ____________________ is the term used by psychologists...

Question 2

The word SLOW would be an example of a:

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A)   metalinguistic
B)   phoneme
C)   syntactical unit
D)   morphemeE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Seventeen-year-old Ashley is driving her brother's car when she has her first-ever flat tyre.She realises that she needs to find where the spare tyre and the jack and other tools are stored in the car, remove the flat tyre and install the spare tyre.Ashley is approaching the problem by

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A)   forming sub-goals.
B)   changing the representation of the problem.
C)   working backward.
D)   searching for analogies.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Under-extension would be evident if a three-year-old child

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A)   used a word too broadly.
B)   used telegraphic speech to communicate complex ideas.
C)   used a word too narrowly.
D)   failed to utilise fast mapping.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Bilingualism is associated with all of the following EXCEPT

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A)   enhanced processing speed.
B)   reduced risk of dementia.
C)   higher metalinguistic awareness.
D)   increased working memory capacity.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Jenna is 14 months old and uses only "bottle, no, up, bye-bye, mama, and dada" when she talks.However, when the family is on their way to visit Jenna's grandmother, and her father tells Jenna to get her blue bunny from the bedroom and bring it with her, Jenna quickly runs to get the bunny.This episode demonstrates that

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A)   toddlers' receptive vocabularies are larger than their productive vocabularies.
B)   toddlers' productive vocabularies are larger than their receptive vocabularies.
C)   infants have difficulty pronouncing phonemes they have never heard.
D)   Jenna is able to overextend her current vocabulary.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Recent research suggests that bilingual persons learn another language ___________ monolingual persons.

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A)   much more slowly than
B)   slightly more slowly than
C)   at about the same pace as
D)   more quickly thanE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 8

Briefly explain why people often find some problems difficult to solve.

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Problems could be difficult to solve if ...

Question 9

The fact that language has rules that govern the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences refers to the

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A)   generative aspect of language.
B)   phonemic aspect of language.
C)   continuity aspect of language.
D)   structured aspect of language.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 10

The word "psychology" consists of

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A)   ten morphemes, one for each letter of the alphabet used.
B)   one morpheme, for the entire word.
C)   three morphemes, one for each syllable.
D)   two morphemes: "psych," and "ology".E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Which child is exhibiting under-extension?

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A)   Abby, who uses the word "swing" when referring to all the pieces of playground equipment on the playground
B)   Brenda, who uses the word "car" only when referring to her mother's car
C)   Cindy, who uses the word "doggie" when referring to both her dog Fido and her grandmother's cat Fluffy
D)   Debbie, who uses the word "doggie" when referring to both her dog Fido and her grandmother's dog SpotE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Simon's theory of bounded rationality asserts that people frequently make

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A)   rational decisions that are less than optimal.
B)   irrational decisions that are less than optimal.
C)   rational decisions that are optimal.
D)   irrational decisions that are optimal.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

When an infant produces repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "babababa," the infant is

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A)   using baby talk.
B)   cooing.
C)   babbling.
D)   speaking.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

An eight-year-old shows irony and sarcasm in his speech by saying "That's just great, I'm a regular Michael Jordan!" after he misses a free throw in a basketball game; this suggests that his ____ has improved.

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A)   metalinguistic awareness
B)   psycholinguistic skills
C)   linguistic relativity
D)   ability to use linguistic heuristicsE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 15

The sentence, "The nervous the stared thick at exam student" would be virtually impossible for an English speaker to understand because the sentence violates the rules of English

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A)   psycholinguistics.
B)   syntax.
C)   morphemes.
D)   phonemes.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

When the word "oat" is changed to the word "boat," the number of

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A)   phonemes and morphemes are both increased.
B)   phonemes stays the same, but the number of morphemes is increased.
C)   phonemes increases, but the number of morphemes stays the same.
D)   phonemes decreases, but the number of morphemes increases.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Ashley is just starting to show signs of understanding the meanings of familiar words.Based on research that has investigated milestones in language development, you should expect that Ashley is approximately

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A)   6 weeks old.
B)   3 months old.
C)   8 months old.
D)   14 months old.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

According to dual-process theories of decision-making, when complicated or important decisions need to be made people use

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A)   dumb and dumber strategies.
B)   fast and frugal strategies.
C)   intuitive strategies.
D)   rule-governed strategies.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 19

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

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A)   over-regularisation.
B)   overextension.
C)   under-extension.
D)   fast mapping.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

Infant vocalisations that consist of repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "lalalalalala" are known as ____________________.

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