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What property of language allows for the creation of sentences of unlimited length?
What property of language allows for the creation of sentences of unlimited length?
- Open-endedness
- Recursiveness (correct)
- Complexity
- Displacement
Which property of language refers to the ability to refer to abstract concepts or future events?
Which property of language refers to the ability to refer to abstract concepts or future events?
- Displacement (correct)
- Recursiveness
- Arbitrariness
- Open-endedness
What animal communication systems lack features like tense markers and parts of speech?
What animal communication systems lack features like tense markers and parts of speech?
- Crows
- Parrots
- Monkeys
- Dolphins (correct)
Which level of language organization involves the sound patterns of language?
Which level of language organization involves the sound patterns of language?
What property of language states there is no inherent connection between the sound of a word and its meaning?
What property of language states there is no inherent connection between the sound of a word and its meaning?
Which property of language allows it to be independent of auditory or speech systems?
Which property of language allows it to be independent of auditory or speech systems?
What are the two levels of processing proposed by Craik & Lockhart in 1972?
What are the two levels of processing proposed by Craik & Lockhart in 1972?
What is the term for information that stays in our memory for brief periods of time, approximately 10 to 15 seconds?
What is the term for information that stays in our memory for brief periods of time, approximately 10 to 15 seconds?
Which type of long-term memory refers to autobiographical information that can be explicitly accessed?
Which type of long-term memory refers to autobiographical information that can be explicitly accessed?
What is the term for the phenomenon where rereading text feels easier due to increased familiarity, rather than actual learning?
What is the term for the phenomenon where rereading text feels easier due to increased familiarity, rather than actual learning?
Which hemisphere of the brain is language predominantly lateralized in most right-handed humans?
Which hemisphere of the brain is language predominantly lateralized in most right-handed humans?
What type of memory involves knowledge of facts that cannot be traced to a specific event, but can be explicitly accessed?
What type of memory involves knowledge of facts that cannot be traced to a specific event, but can be explicitly accessed?
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