COMSAE 110 EXAM LATEST 2024 WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED TO PASS
CONCEPTS(ALL WHAT YOU NEED) LATEST EDITION 2024
What does it mean to say that human language is "species uniform"? - all human languages are similar
in their basic properties and acquisition profiles
Is language acquisition subject to a critical period during which the child must be exposed to language in
order to fully acquire it? - yes usually before the age of five
For what reasons (or what functional purposes) do animals communicate? - warning, food, mating
fiddler crab communication system - claw-waving, same number of fixed symbols, no creativity
epaulet-showing communication system of red-winged blackbirds - showing them indicates something
like "stay away from my territory"; single fixed symbol, no creativity
3 properties dance bees use to communicate - direction coding, quality coding, distance coding
evidence suggesting that bees represent distance by keeping track of how much their visual experience
changes while traveling - they report based off their energy and effort
what is the elephant rumbling? - very low frequency vocalization that travels between air and ground
purpose of elephant rumbling - to send a message/ warning that must be reached for miles
what is the main purpose of meerkat calls - to alert others of danger
language
what are the two types of vocalizations that birds produce? - calls vs. songs
, in what ways is birdsong similar to human communication and language development? - critical period
for bird song acquisition
what are some characteristics of Alex the parrot's utterances? - has learned many "labels" for things,
capable of producing a string of words, has shown counting behavior
Gua and Don experiment - chimp and baby raised together
What language was Washoe taught? - sign language
What was the method used for teaching Washoe this language? - molding, moving her hands to form
signs
How many "words" could Washoe produce in her language? - 160 signs by 5 years old
Was Washoe able to produce multi-sign utterances? - yes but might have been influenced by trainers
What are some problems with the Washoe study which made it difficult to draw strong conclusions
regarding Washoe's language abilities? - trainers did not fully know ASL, many signs were different from
the language she was learning, limited record available
Did Herbert Terrance initially expect that Nim Chimpsky would be able to learn human language? - yes
How was Nim taught? - through ASL training/ molding
What did Terrance conclude from the research with Nim? - little evidence for structure and utterances
were repetitions of what the teachers said
What symbol system was Kanzi taught? - Yerkish keyboard
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED TO PASS
CONCEPTS(ALL WHAT YOU NEED) LATEST EDITION 2024
What does it mean to say that human language is "species uniform"? - all human languages are similar
in their basic properties and acquisition profiles
Is language acquisition subject to a critical period during which the child must be exposed to language in
order to fully acquire it? - yes usually before the age of five
For what reasons (or what functional purposes) do animals communicate? - warning, food, mating
fiddler crab communication system - claw-waving, same number of fixed symbols, no creativity
epaulet-showing communication system of red-winged blackbirds - showing them indicates something
like "stay away from my territory"; single fixed symbol, no creativity
3 properties dance bees use to communicate - direction coding, quality coding, distance coding
evidence suggesting that bees represent distance by keeping track of how much their visual experience
changes while traveling - they report based off their energy and effort
what is the elephant rumbling? - very low frequency vocalization that travels between air and ground
purpose of elephant rumbling - to send a message/ warning that must be reached for miles
what is the main purpose of meerkat calls - to alert others of danger
language
what are the two types of vocalizations that birds produce? - calls vs. songs
, in what ways is birdsong similar to human communication and language development? - critical period
for bird song acquisition
what are some characteristics of Alex the parrot's utterances? - has learned many "labels" for things,
capable of producing a string of words, has shown counting behavior
Gua and Don experiment - chimp and baby raised together
What language was Washoe taught? - sign language
What was the method used for teaching Washoe this language? - molding, moving her hands to form
signs
How many "words" could Washoe produce in her language? - 160 signs by 5 years old
Was Washoe able to produce multi-sign utterances? - yes but might have been influenced by trainers
What are some problems with the Washoe study which made it difficult to draw strong conclusions
regarding Washoe's language abilities? - trainers did not fully know ASL, many signs were different from
the language she was learning, limited record available
Did Herbert Terrance initially expect that Nim Chimpsky would be able to learn human language? - yes
How was Nim taught? - through ASL training/ molding
What did Terrance conclude from the research with Nim? - little evidence for structure and utterances
were repetitions of what the teachers said
What symbol system was Kanzi taught? - Yerkish keyboard
