Psychologists who specialize in the study of language are called ______________?

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1. Clinical psychologists tend to endorse behaviorism more strongly, and counseling psychologists tend to endorse which of the following?

   A. Eclectic approach
   B. Psychodynamic
   C. Humanistic
   D. Biological

2. Psychologists who study ESP are called _________________?

   A. clairvoyants
   B. telepaths
   C. parapsychologists
   D. levitators

3. 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

4. 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

5. Psychologists study animals because _______________?

   A. animal behavior is just as complex as human behavior
   B. experiments on people are generally considered to be unethical
   C. the ethical treatment of animals is not mandated by professional guidelines
   D. similar processes often underline animal and human behavior

6. Social psychologists have arranged for people to drop coins or pencils in elevators in order to study:

   A. the mere exposure effect
   B. the foot- in- the- door phenomenon
   C. the bystander effect
   D. social facilitation

7. What are the main types of assessment t measures used by psychologists to study the outcomes of mental activity?

   A. Theories, hypotheses, tests
   B. Self-report, experiments correlations
   C. Behavioural, self-report, experimental
   D. Behavioural, self-report, physiological

8. Development psychologists study the effect of_____on behavior.

   A. marketing
   B. learning disabilities
   C. aging
   D. robotics

9. A systematic study of facts according to a reliable and correct method of study is called a __________?

   A. Scientific Study
   B. Biological Study
   C. Methodology
   D. Social Technique

10. 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