A. more; the same
B. fewer; more
C. more; more
D. fewer; less
Related Mcqs:
- Phonemes are the smallest units of______in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.
A. sound; syntax
B. meaning; syntax
C. syntax; meaning
D. sound; meaning - Phonemes are ___________________?
A. measurements
B. syllables
C. the smallest units of meaningful sound
D. the smallest units of sound - Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?
A. innate capability index
B. innate surface structure ability
C. prosody index
D. language acquisition device - A hypothesis concerning the role of language is shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought is called:
A. legal- rational authority
B. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
C. Routine activities theory
D. None of these - Adopted children’s similarity to their biological parents is generally attributed to_____________; adopted children’s similarity to their adoptive parents is generally attributed to____________________.
A. heredity; the environment
B. the environment; heredity
C. the environment; the environment
D. heredity; heredity - The insanity defense dates back to the English courts, where it was originally held that to be responsible for an act, the defendant must:
A. understand the wrongfulness of the act
B. be in a state of diminished capacity
C. have acted on an irresistible impulse
D. be able to recall the criminal act - Viewing people from different groups as individuals and viewing people from different subgroups (such as Scots and English) as members of a single superordinate group represent which two types of prejudice reduction strategies?
A. Intergroup contact
B. Decategorization
C. Recategorization
D. a and b
E. b and c - Viewing people from different groups as individuals and viewing people from different subgroups(such as Scots and English) as members of a single superordinate group represent which two types of prejudice reduction strategies?
A. Intergroup contact
B. Decategorization
C. Recategorization
D. a and b
E. b and c - Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:
A. the number of times they hear a given word
B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules - B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.
A. heuristics
B. algorithms
C. reinforcement
D. universal grammar
