7.1

The word ________ is both a morpheme and a phoneme.

I

________ concepts are ones that we know by a specific set of characteristics that are always exhibited, such as what defines different basic shapes.

artificial

Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.

experiences

Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience.

indirect

Which term describes a communication system that uses systematic rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another?

language

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language?

lexicon

A(an) ________ is the best example, or representation, of a concept.

prototype

A(an) ________ is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts.

schema

Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

semantics

Why are event schemata difficult to change? They are ________.

automatic

________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.

concepts

A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.

morpheme

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

role

Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.

thoughts

After the first few months of life, babies enter what is known as the ________ stage, during which time they tend to produce single syllables, such as buh-buh, that are repeated over and over.

babbling

________ encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory.

cognition

Which of the following is an example of an abstract, complex concept?

patriotism

A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script.

event

________ and ________ are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors.

emotion; memory

Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf