Identify a statement that is true about the inner ear.
A. It acts as a tiny mechanical amplifier.
B. It acts as a reverse megaphone, designed to collect and bring sounds into the internal portions of the ear.
C. It contains the eardrum and the auditory canal.
D. It changes sound vibrations into a form in which they can be transmitted to the brain.
Answer: D
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a. charming childish speech. c. faulty language development. b. a beginning knowledge of grammar. d. inadequate instruction by parents.
Which of the following is true of prototypes?
a. They are slowly accessed and recalled. b. They are never used when the critical features approach applies. c. They are formed on the basis of commonly experienced features. d. The more often they are perceived, the weaker their overall memory strength. e. They are often based on dictionary definitions.
______ argues that language is not a "cultural artifact," but instead is a "distinct piece of the biological make-up of our brain,"
and that people know how to talk just as a spider knows how to spin a web, without any special education or aptitude. a. Pinker c. Chomsky b. Skinner d. Whorf
The authors of your textbook point out that it is reasonable to use schemas to resolve ambiguity, but that this can become problematic when the schema is
a. negative. b. unclear. c. newly developed. d. inaccurate.