Word order in a sentence is determined by which of the following types of rules?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which TWO of the following statements are true of parsing?
   1.Psycholinguistics has been especially concerned with how people parse sentences- that is, how they break them down into their correct phonological structures.
   2.Parsing has to be done because otherwise, it would be impossible to interpret a sentence to all.
   3.The difficulty in understanding some sentences can be ascribed to an initial misinterpretation ; this is called a ‘country walk’.
   4.Misparsing a sentence can result in failure in comprehension at all levels.

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

2. Word meaning is to word order as_______is to_____.

   A. concept; prototype
   B. phoneme; grammar
   C. semantics; syntax
   D. nomenclature; sematics

3. For Noam Chomsky, the semantic interpretation of a sentence comes from ________________?

   A. surface structure
   B. deep structure
   C. divergent thinking
   D. transformational rules

4. In the Stroop effect, we may be asked to remember the word ‘blue’ when the color of the word itself actually was yellow. Our response tendencies demonstrate _______________?

   A. transduction
   B. chaining
   C. automatization
   D. loci

5. When we use the word “tree” to refer to a category of plants, we are using this word as a/an __________________?

   A. prototype
   B. heuristic
   C. concept
   D. algorithm

6. When the word “oat” is changed to the word “boat,” the number of:

   A. Phonemes and morphemes both stay the same
   B. phonemes increases, but the number morphemes are both increased
   C. phonemes and morphemes are both increased
   D. phonemes decreases, but the number of morphemes increases

7. According to Roger Brown and other psycholinguistic researchers, children refine the way they apply grammatical rules through ______________?

   A. positive reinforcement from caregivers
   B. positive conditioning from caregivers
   C. experience and self-correction
   D. memorizing of what others say

8. Watson argued that all behavior is composed of reflexive responses to stimuli, but Skinner later argued that behavior is determined ____________?

   A. patterns
   B. consequences of responses
   C. predictability of responses
   D. strength of responses

9. The nature/nurture controversy considers the degree to which traits and behaviors are determined by _______________?

   A. genes or experience
   B. continuity or stages
   C. life-span stability or change
   D. maturation or genes

10. In class, the psychological definition of personality is one’s reaction to the environment as determined by:

    A. environmental influences
    B. biological influences
    C. one’s perception of the environment
    D. collective unconscious