Question 1 .

Communication is… 

1. a phenomenon observed only among humans.
2. a phenomenon observed only among insects and professors.
3. a phenomenon observed only among non human animals.
4. a phenomenon observed only in rocks.
5. a phenomenon observed among rocks, plants, insects, animals and humans.

Question 2 .

A signal at its base level is…

1. a series of words that makes up a sentence.
2. a series of letters that make up a word.
3. a series of symbols that represent a thought.
4. an organized pattern of energy.
5. a flag which represents a thought.

Question 3 .

Which of following is an example of a Graded Signal?

1. The babbling of a child.
2. The song of a finch.
3. The speech of a parrot.
4. The snarl of a dog.
5. The speech of a professor.

Question 4 .

Which of the following have a true language…

1. Bees.
2. Parrots.
3. Australian Aborigines.
4. All of the above.
5. None of the above.

Question 5 .

All babies Babble EXCEPT…

1. Deaf babies.
2. Eskimo babies.
3. Russian babies.
4. Babies of very poor parents.
5. None of the above.

Question 6 .

In the context of this class, Swearing is…

1. Sinful.
2. Improper language for anyone under 2 years of age or professors.
3. Expressive-combinative communication.
4. Nominal-graded communication.
5. Politically correct for CD 361 Students.

Question 7 .

Language is …

1. based primarily on Symbols.
2. based primarily on Signs.
3. a nominal graded communication.
4. used by parrots to communicate with other parrots and humans.
5. expressive combinative communication.

Question 8 .

The picture below is of a…

1. symbol
2. sign.
3. professor’s left foot
4. word for foot
5. human being.

Question 9 .

To facilitate cognitive and language development in infants and toddlers, caretakers can most easily and effectively

1. manipulate..
2. signs.
3. symbols.
4. referents.
5. brain tissue.
6. drug consumption.

Question 10 .

Windows of opportunity to facilitate cognitive and motor development…

1. are determined by the parents.
2. are the same at every age.
3. are irrelevant to a consideration of referents.
4. are biologically regulated.
5. all of the above

Question 11 .

At birth, the brain of the child is typically around 350 grams which is about…

1. 25% of the size of the adult brain.
2. 50% of the size of the adult brain.
3. 75% of the size of the adult brain.
4. 100% of the size of the adult brain.
5. 150% of the size of the CD 361 professor’s brain (hint-this may be true but it is not a politically correct answer.)

Question 12 .

During the first two years of life, the brain grows…

1. 5 milligrams.
2. 350 milligrams.
3. 1 milligram per minute.
4. 350 milligrams per day.
5. 1/1000th of a milligram per hour

Question 13 .

The baby’s brain is making new connections at the fastest rate at…

1. eight to thirteen weeks after fertilization.
2. 7.5 months after fertilization to 2 years of age.
3. puberty.
4. senescence.
5. all ages are equal.

Question 14 .

A reduced level of stimulation may result in…

1. diminished brain growth and a loss of brain tissue
2. an increase fat the content of the brain.
3. a reduction in the ware and tear on the neural circuits.
4. all of the above.
5. none of the above.

Question 15 .

In the thought processes, a symbol…

1. may be substituted for a concept.
2. will be associated with a concept by a cause an effect relation.
3. is a call to action.
4. has an iconic relation to a concept.
5. none of the above.

Question 16 .

The ability to use language as a social vehicle for establishing and maintaining relationships with others is called (from Born to Talk)…

1. Semantics.
2. Receptive Language.
3. Pragmatics.
4. Syntax.
5. Expressive language.

Question 17 .

The ability for humans to talk about things that are distant in time or space is called (from Born to Talk)…

1. Discreteness.
2. Arbitrariness.
3. Semanticity.
4. indexicality.
5. Displacement.

Question 18 .

What is the ability that humans have that allows us to deceive others in their communications (from Born to Talk)?

1. Prevarication.
2. Reflexiveness.
3. Learnability.
4. Recursion.
5. None of the above.

Question 19 .

According to Charles Hockett’s third ‘design-feature’ of language, rapid fading means that speech signals are  (from Born to Talk)…

1. transitory.
2. spoken in quick succession.
3. quickly changing their meaning over time.
4. typically too soft so people must speak louder.
5. quickly displaced.

Question 20 .

Pragmatics involves not only the use of language according to socially established standards but also involves (from Born to Talk)…

1. nonverbal behaviors.
2. body language.
3. supra segmental phonemes.
4. expressive graded communication
5. all of the above.