Neuron Note #1
AP PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW
1. Three-year-old Johnny used to say “mikk”
when he wanted a glass of milk. Now he is
able to say “milk” quite clearly. In this
instance, Johnny has made a gain in his use
of:
Phonemes
b) Syntax
c) Morphemes
d) Linguistic heuristics
e) Connotations
a)
2. Which of the following statements is LEAST
accurate?
Humans are capable of producing about 100
phonemes
b) A letter of the alphabet is represented by more than
one phoneme if it has more than one pronunciation
c) All languages use all of the phonemes of which
humans are capable
d) Phonemes are combined into morphemes
e) There are about 50,000 morphemes in the English
language
a)
3. A child who says, “I sawed a
cat in the yard,” is making
which of the following
errors?
Overextension
b) Underextension
c) Overregularization
d) Underregularization
e) Metalinguistic
a)
4. When the word “oat” is
changed to the word “boat,”
the number of:
Phonemes and morphemes are
both increased
b) Phonemes stays the same, but
the number of morphemes is
increased
c) Phonemes increases, but the
number of morphemes stays the
same
d) Phonemes decreases, but the
number of morphemes stay the
same
e) Phonemes and morphemes both
stay the same
a)
5. The word “unchangeable”
consists of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Nine morphemes, one for each
letter of the alphabet used
One morpheme, for the entire
word
Four morphemes, one for each
syllable
Three morphemes: “un,”
“change” and “able”
Two morphemes: “un” and
“changeable”
6. Semantics is the component
of language concerned with:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
The dictionary definition of a
word
Specifying rules for how words
can be arranged into sentences
Creating novel messages from a
finite number of symbols
Correctly pronouncing the
prefixes, suffixes and root words
of a language
Understanding the meaning of
words and word combinations
7. The sentence, “The nervous
the stared thick at exam
student” would be virtually
impossible for an English
speaker to understand
because the sentence violates
the rules of English:
Linguistic relativity
b) Syntax
c) Morphemes
d) Phonemes
e) Semantics
a)
8. In language development, babbling refers to
producing:
Different cries to signify different kinds of
discomfort
b) A wide variety of phonemes and consonant-vowel
combinations
c) Sound by placing the tongue near the back of the
mouth
d) Random combinations of words
e) Sound with the lips and the front part of the mouth
a)
9. In general, toddlers can:
a) Say more words than they
understand
b) Only use about 10 different
words
c) Understand and say about the
same number of words
d) Use more “action” words than
“object” words
e) Understand more words than
they can say
10. If you were to compare adult speech with the
speech of infants under 6 months of age you
should expect that:
Infants produce more morphemes than adults do
b) Adults are capable of producing more phonemes
than infants are
c) Infants produce more phonemes than adults do
d) Adults and infants both use the same number of
phonemes
e) Adults and infants both use the same number of
morphemes
a)
1. Three-year-old Johnny used to say “mikk”
when he wanted a glass of milk. Now he is
able to say “milk” quite clearly. In this
instance, Johnny has made a gain in his use
of:
Phonemes
b) Syntax
c) Morphemes
d) Linguistic heuristics
e) Connotations
a)
2. Which of the following statements is LEAST
accurate?
Humans are capable of producing about 100
phonemes
b) A letter of the alphabet is represented by more than
one phoneme if it has more than one pronunciation
c) All languages use all of the phonemes of which
humans are capable
d) Phonemes are combined into morphemes
e) There are about 50,000 morphemes in the English
language
a)
3. A child who says, “I sawed a
cat in the yard,” is making
which of the following
errors?
Overextension
b) Underextension
c) Overregularization
d) Underregularization
e) Metalinguistic
a)
4. When the word “oat” is
changed to the word “boat,”
the number of:
Phonemes and morphemes are
both increased
b) Phonemes stays the same, but
the number of morphemes is
increased
c) Phonemes increases, but the
number of morphemes stays the
same
d) Phonemes decreases, but the
number of morphemes stay the
same
e) Phonemes and morphemes both
stay the same
a)
5. The word “unchangeable”
consists of:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Nine morphemes, one for each
letter of the alphabet used
One morpheme, for the entire
word
Four morphemes, one for each
syllable
Three morphemes: “un,”
“change” and “able”
Two morphemes: “un” and
“changeable”
6. Semantics is the component
of language concerned with:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
The dictionary definition of a
word
Specifying rules for how words
can be arranged into sentences
Creating novel messages from a
finite number of symbols
Correctly pronouncing the
prefixes, suffixes and root words
of a language
Understanding the meaning of
words and word combinations
7. The sentence, “The nervous
the stared thick at exam
student” would be virtually
impossible for an English
speaker to understand
because the sentence violates
the rules of English:
Linguistic relativity
b) Syntax
c) Morphemes
d) Phonemes
e) Semantics
a)
8. In language development, babbling refers to
producing:
Different cries to signify different kinds of
discomfort
b) A wide variety of phonemes and consonant-vowel
combinations
c) Sound by placing the tongue near the back of the
mouth
d) Random combinations of words
e) Sound with the lips and the front part of the mouth
a)
9. In general, toddlers can:
a) Say more words than they
understand
b) Only use about 10 different
words
c) Understand and say about the
same number of words
d) Use more “action” words than
“object” words
e) Understand more words than
they can say
10. If you were to compare adult speech with the
speech of infants under 6 months of age you
should expect that:
Infants produce more morphemes than adults do
b) Adults are capable of producing more phonemes
than infants are
c) Infants produce more phonemes than adults do
d) Adults and infants both use the same number of
phonemes
e) Adults and infants both use the same number of
morphemes
a)