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Question 81

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At some point during the babbling stage, infants begin to

A) imitate adult grammar.
B) communicate in telegraphic speech.
C) speak in simple words that may be barely recognizable.
D) lose their ability to discriminate sounds they never hear.

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Question 82

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Which of the following is cited by Chomsky as evidence that humans are born with a predisposition to learn language?

A) Children master the complicated rules of grammar with ease.
B) Different languages do not have the same grammatical building blocks.
C) Children make unpredictable mistakes as they acquire grammar.
D) Children raised in isolation from language spontaneously begin speaking words.

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Question 83

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Your psychology professor has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ________ of the test.

Research on racial and ethnic differences in intelligence indicates that

A sudden realization of the solution to a problem is called

Compared with men, women are ________ capable of remembering objects' spatial locations and they are ________ sensitive to taste and color.

Using different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual distinctions between the objects. This best illustrates

Scientists are trained to carefully observe and record any research outcomes that are inconsistent with their hypotheses. This practice most directly serves to reduce

Research suggests that during early and middle adulthood

To combine words into grammatically sensible sentences, we need to apply proper rules of

Factor analysis has been used to assess whether

An unwillingness to give up our beliefs even when the evidence proves us wrong is called

The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as

Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a good test?

In the words "lightly," "neatly," and "shortly," the "ly" ending is a(n)

An algorithm is a

At 17 months of age, Julie says "wada" whenever she wants a drink of water. Julie is most likely in the ________ stage of language development.

A fixation refers to an inability to

The study in which people who immigrated to the United States at various ages were compared in terms of their ability to understand English grammar found that

Although Nicole scored well above average on an academic aptitude test, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of