PSY-357 GCU EXAM 3 PRACTICE REVIEW
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
◉ What are the 5 properties of modules? Answer: 1. Genetically
determined.
2. Computationally autonomous/encapsulated (e.g., perceptual
Illusions).
3. Obligatory and fast firing.
4. Characteristic ontogeny (regularity in development).
5. With a distinct, fixed neural region of the brain for all members of
the species
◉ Broca's aphasiacs presents with what symptoms? Wernicke's
aphasiacs? Answer: B- agrammatism (loss of grammar), trouble
understanding agent, know what want to say just cannot get out
W- cannot understand language, content does not make sense
◉ What is the role of dissociation in neuropsychological evidence?
Answer: invalidates it?
◉ universal grammar Answer: Invariant properties that define all
languages
, ◉ Are Hockett's original 13 features found in all languages? Answer:
yes
◉ To be a language, must it be spoken? Answer: no
◉ arbitrariness vs. onomatopoeia Answer: A- No resemblance
between signal and what signal represents (ex. dog does not look
like dog)
O- attempts to resemble (boing, ba, boo, meow)
◉ semanticity Answer: meaningful association (relationship)
between signal elements and features in the world
◉ discreteness Answer: messages in the system are made up of
smaller, repeatable parts (26 letters but 40 pronunciations)
◉ displacement Answer: inguistic messages may refer to things
remote in time and space, or both (ex. will, was, were, had)
◉ productivity Answer: create and understand completely novel
messages (google, twerk, etc.)
◉ cultural transmission Answer: conventions of a language are
learned by interacting with more experienced users
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS
◉ What are the 5 properties of modules? Answer: 1. Genetically
determined.
2. Computationally autonomous/encapsulated (e.g., perceptual
Illusions).
3. Obligatory and fast firing.
4. Characteristic ontogeny (regularity in development).
5. With a distinct, fixed neural region of the brain for all members of
the species
◉ Broca's aphasiacs presents with what symptoms? Wernicke's
aphasiacs? Answer: B- agrammatism (loss of grammar), trouble
understanding agent, know what want to say just cannot get out
W- cannot understand language, content does not make sense
◉ What is the role of dissociation in neuropsychological evidence?
Answer: invalidates it?
◉ universal grammar Answer: Invariant properties that define all
languages
, ◉ Are Hockett's original 13 features found in all languages? Answer:
yes
◉ To be a language, must it be spoken? Answer: no
◉ arbitrariness vs. onomatopoeia Answer: A- No resemblance
between signal and what signal represents (ex. dog does not look
like dog)
O- attempts to resemble (boing, ba, boo, meow)
◉ semanticity Answer: meaningful association (relationship)
between signal elements and features in the world
◉ discreteness Answer: messages in the system are made up of
smaller, repeatable parts (26 letters but 40 pronunciations)
◉ displacement Answer: inguistic messages may refer to things
remote in time and space, or both (ex. will, was, were, had)
◉ productivity Answer: create and understand completely novel
messages (google, twerk, etc.)
◉ cultural transmission Answer: conventions of a language are
learned by interacting with more experienced users
