Final Prep PSYC 289: Unit 8 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is cognition? - CORRECT ANSWER The mental processes involved in thinking, problem
solving, memory, and decision making.
What is language? - CORRECT ANSWER a system of symbols that allows people to communicate
with one another
What does symbolic mean - CORRECT ANSWER Serving as a symbol; representing something
else. (Word dog represents an actual animal)
What does semantic mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Language has meaning (bank means financial
institution vs. A river edge, refers to a specific concept)
What does generative mean? - CORRECT ANSWER allowing an infinite number of unique
sentences to be created by combining words in novel ways
What does structured mean - CORRECT ANSWER Language follows rules (grammar)
What are phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER The smallest units of sound in a language. (Ex. P,b,d,t,
in the words pad, pat, bad, bat)
What are syllables? - CORRECT ANSWER Phonological "building blocks" - contain vowels and
carry prosody (bas-ket-ball)
What is orthography? - CORRECT ANSWER the conventional spelling system of a language
(spelling, punctuation) Capital letters, commas, spacing
, What are morphemes? - CORRECT ANSWER the smallest meaningful units of language (ex. In,
come, -ing, forms incoming. Cannot be divided further)
What are word senses - CORRECT ANSWER Different meanings of a word (bat: animal vs.
Baseball bat)
What is a phrase? - CORRECT ANSWER a group of words with meaning
What is a sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER A complete thought with structure.
What is syntax? - CORRECT ANSWER Rules for sentence structure
What is grammar? - CORRECT ANSWER rules of correct language use
What is a subject? - CORRECT ANSWER who or what the sentence is about
What is a verb? - CORRECT ANSWER A verb exerts action, being, or existence. (he RUNS)
What is an example of subject-verb-object (SVO) - CORRECT ANSWER She (S) Kicked (V) the
ball (O)
What is the one-word stage in language development? - CORRECT ANSWER Single words used
to communicate, typically around age 1. (Milk = I want milk)
What is the two-word stage in language development? - CORRECT ANSWER The stage from 2
years onward where children begin using two-word phrases (want toy)
What is telegraphic speech? - CORRECT ANSWER speech in which words not critical to the
message are left out (go store now)
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is cognition? - CORRECT ANSWER The mental processes involved in thinking, problem
solving, memory, and decision making.
What is language? - CORRECT ANSWER a system of symbols that allows people to communicate
with one another
What does symbolic mean - CORRECT ANSWER Serving as a symbol; representing something
else. (Word dog represents an actual animal)
What does semantic mean? - CORRECT ANSWER Language has meaning (bank means financial
institution vs. A river edge, refers to a specific concept)
What does generative mean? - CORRECT ANSWER allowing an infinite number of unique
sentences to be created by combining words in novel ways
What does structured mean - CORRECT ANSWER Language follows rules (grammar)
What are phonemes - CORRECT ANSWER The smallest units of sound in a language. (Ex. P,b,d,t,
in the words pad, pat, bad, bat)
What are syllables? - CORRECT ANSWER Phonological "building blocks" - contain vowels and
carry prosody (bas-ket-ball)
What is orthography? - CORRECT ANSWER the conventional spelling system of a language
(spelling, punctuation) Capital letters, commas, spacing
, What are morphemes? - CORRECT ANSWER the smallest meaningful units of language (ex. In,
come, -ing, forms incoming. Cannot be divided further)
What are word senses - CORRECT ANSWER Different meanings of a word (bat: animal vs.
Baseball bat)
What is a phrase? - CORRECT ANSWER a group of words with meaning
What is a sentence? - CORRECT ANSWER A complete thought with structure.
What is syntax? - CORRECT ANSWER Rules for sentence structure
What is grammar? - CORRECT ANSWER rules of correct language use
What is a subject? - CORRECT ANSWER who or what the sentence is about
What is a verb? - CORRECT ANSWER A verb exerts action, being, or existence. (he RUNS)
What is an example of subject-verb-object (SVO) - CORRECT ANSWER She (S) Kicked (V) the
ball (O)
What is the one-word stage in language development? - CORRECT ANSWER Single words used
to communicate, typically around age 1. (Milk = I want milk)
What is the two-word stage in language development? - CORRECT ANSWER The stage from 2
years onward where children begin using two-word phrases (want toy)
What is telegraphic speech? - CORRECT ANSWER speech in which words not critical to the
message are left out (go store now)
