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The chimps that learned sign language were raised in _____; hence, these studies are _____. 

Jessica is worried that Brian thinks she has no sense of humor. Jessica’s concern about Brian’s opinion reflects the fact that Jessica has _____.

How should recent amputations be treated?

When Peter’s son refused to eat his potatoes, Peter made up a story about a boy who once disliked potatoes and lost all his energy as a result (following which Peter’s son began eating his potatoes). The fact that Peter could generate a new story is an example of the _____ aspect of language.

A major difficulty with using ASL to assess the ability of chimps to learn language is that:

Betty is about to complete a laboratory task that involves watching specific numbers of items being placed into a bucket with a false bottom. Some of the items go into the false bottom, and some stay in the main part of the bucket for Betty to find. If Betty is a mongoose lemur, and she sees eight items go into the bucket but finds only six items when she reaches in, what will Betty do next?

If a species on another planet had a system of communication that involved symbols (in the form of different squeaks) and rules (the order of the squeaks was important), would this information be enough to indicate that the species is using “language”?

Apart from chimpanzees, researchers have attempted to teach language to _____.

The fact that the word e-mail can be used both as a noun and a verb depending on how words are arranged is an example of  _____.

_____ is the tendency to attribute mental states to other individuals.