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Question 101

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Semantics refers to the:

A) smallest distinctive sound units of language.
B) orderly arrangement of words into grammatically correct sentences.
C) smallest language units that carry meaning.
D) rules by which we derive meaning from sounds.

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Question 102

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Professor Chadwick evaluated a graduate student's research proposal negatively simply because he had heard a rumor about the student's incompetence.When later informed that the rumor had been patently false,the professor's assessment of the student's research proposal remained almost as negative as it had been originally.This best illustrates:

A) the representativeness heuristic.
B) the availability heuristic.
C) belief perseverance.
D) framing.

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Question 103

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Contemporary psychologists are most likely to criticize Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis for:

Mentally segmenting others' spoken sounds into individual words best illustrates a 7-month-old's capacity for:

Girls are likely to outperform boys in a:

The normal curve would represent the distribution of

Experienced chicken sexers can tell you a chick's sex at a glance,yet cannot tell you how they do it.Their acquired expertise is such an automatic habit that it feels like:

The tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions is called:

In writing survey questions,political pollsters who want to gather evidence of people's support for particular viewpoints are especially likely to understand the impact of:

People who err on the side of overconfidence are especially likely to:

Emotional intelligence is a critical component of:

With increasing age,identical twins' intelligence test scores become ________ positively correlated.With increasing age,adoptive siblings' scores become ________ positively correlated.

A cross-sectional study is one in which:

Babies' first demonstration of productive language occurs:

Four-month-old Piper makes a series of repetitive consonant-vowel sounds such as ba ba ba ba.This best illustrates:

Students who have spent time living abroad and experiencing other cultures are more adept at:

Jim,age 55,plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome.His concern actually undermines his athletic performance.This best illustrates the impact of:

Binet used the term mental age to refer to:

Forest-dwelling chimpanzees use a light,flexible stick for fishing for termites.This illustrates their naturally developed use of:

University students who focus on the interest and challenge of their schoolwork rather than on simply meeting deadlines and securing good grades are especially likely to demonstrate: