AP®︎ Psychology: Topic 3.5 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 3.5 of AP Psychology – Communication and Language Development.
Questions List
Topic 3.5
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: 3.5.A.1
What is the basic unit of sound in language?
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Topic 3.5: Communication and Language Development
Learning Objective: 3.5.A
Explain how key components of language and communication apply to behavior and mental processes.
Essential Knowledge: 3.5.A.1
Language is a shared (mutually agreed upon) system of arbitrary symbols (often expressed as and combined into phonemes, morphemes, and semantics) that are rule-governed (via grammar and syntax) and generative to produce an infinity of ideas. Exclusion Statement: Pragmatics of language are outside the scope of the AP Psychology Exam.
Learning Objective: 3.5.B
Explain how language develops in humans.
Essential Knowledge: 3.5.B.1
In language development across all cultures, people use nonverbal manual gestures (e.g., pointing) to communicate and develop formal language through specific stages (cooing, babbling, one-word stage, and telegraphic speech). People learning a language often make errors such as overgeneralization of language rules as they learn.
