Lesson 3.2.2.3.3
3.2.2.3.3 Properties of human communication absent in animals Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 6
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The 20 questions
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Which property of human language allows people to discuss events in the future?
- Displacement
- Prevarication
- Cultural transmission
- Productivity
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Which property allows humans to create an infinite number of new messages?
- Productivity
- Cultural transmission
- Displacement
- Broadcast transmission
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Which feature of communication describes a speaker hearing and monitoring their own voice?
- Productivity
- Cultural transmission
- Displacement
- Total feedback
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Which property means an individual can both send and receive the same signal?
- Productivity
- Interchangeability
- Cultural transmission
- Displacement
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Discussing plans for tomorrow demonstrates which unique property of human communication?
- Displacement
- Cultural transmission
- Productivity
- Discreteness
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Animal alarm calls cannot be combined to form new meanings. Which property do they lack?
- Cultural transmission
- Semanticity
- Displacement
- Productivity
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Which property describes language being learned through teaching rather than inherited through genes?
- Productivity
- Biological determination
- Displacement
- Cultural transmission
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Which topic of conversation in humans demonstrates a property absent in animal communication?
- Future plans
- Current hunger
- Immediate danger
- Present location
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How does displacement alter the function of human language compared to animal signals?
- Increases vocal volume
- Enables long-term planning
- Prevents false alarms
- Speeds up learning
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Which property describes words having no natural connection to the objects they represent?
- Productivity
- Arbitrariness
- Displacement
- Cultural transmission
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Which conversation topic best illustrates the property of displacement?
- Discussing past holidays
- Shouting at dogs
- Laughing at jokes
- Greeting a friend
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Which property of human language allows people to talk about language itself?
- Cultural transmission
- Displacement
- Productivity
- Reflexivity
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Animal communication signals are primarily restricted to which of the following?
- Abstract ideas
- Historical facts
- Future events
- Immediate needs
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A child using the word 'yesterday' to describe past events demonstrates which property?
- Cultural transmission
- Displacement
- Arbitrariness
- Productivity
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Productivity in human communication allows speakers to do which of the following?
- Create novel sentences
- Inherit complex vocabulary
- Mimic animal sounds
- Signal immediate danger
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Which term describes combining meaningless sounds to create meaningful words?
- Creativity
- Duality of patterning
- Displacement
- Planning ahead
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Which property allows humans to communicate about events in the distant past or future?
- Planning ahead
- Creativity
- Multiple channels
- Displacement
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Which term describes the ability to create an infinite number of new sentences?
- Planning ahead
- Single channel
- Creativity
- Displacement
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Which unique feature of human language contrasts with animal communication?
- Using physical gestures
- Discussing future plans
- Warning of predators
- Expressing simple hunger
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Talking about imaginary creatures or past events is an example of which property?
- Displacement
- Single channel
- Planning ahead
- Creativity
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