Which of the following is not one of the four basic components of language?

Related Mcqs:

1. All of the following represent components of natural language use except for:

   A. Syntax
   B. Pragmatics
   C. Mnemonics
   D. Semantics

2. Dr. Saleem conducts basic research on the relationship between adults’ language Skills and their capacity to solve mathematical problems. Dr. Saleem is most likely a(n)_______________ psychologist.

   A. industrial / organizational
   B. social
   C. clinical
   D. cognitive

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. 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

6. All of the following are components of attitudes EXCEPT:

   A. Affective
   B. Cognitive
   C. Behavior
   D. Emotional

7. A researcher wants to test the hypothesis that the number of bystanders affects the probability of helping behavior. She sets up three conditions, one with no bystanders, one with two bystanders and one with four bystanders. Which of the following is true?

   A. there is one independent variable having three levels
   B. there are three independent variables having one level each
   C. there is one independent variable and three dependent variables
   D. there is one independent variable having four levels

8. Which one of the following statements are true of the Wason selection, or four-card problem (Wason,1966)?
   1. The Wason Selection Task is a good task because it produces identical results in concrete and abstract forms
   2. In general, concrete versions of the task are more difficult to think about than uncluttered abstract versions.
   3. Although the task is one of pure reasoning some concrete versions are easier because of how we think in certain social situations.
   4. People typically pick one card correctly, but pick an inappropriate one as the second choice in the original version of the task.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 2 & 3

9. The components of personality are:

   A. Id
   B. Ego
   C. Superego
   D. All of the above

10. The three main components of a neuron include:

    A. Cell body, dendrites, axon
    B. Cell body, nerves, axon
    C. White matter, cell body, nerves
    D. Internal body, external body, nerve branches