In a study by Saffran and colleagues (1996), infants were familiarized with a continuous speech stream consisting of made-up words such as bidaku, padoti, and golabu (e.g., bidakugolabugolabupadotibidaku…)
After familiarization, Saffran and colleagues used the head-turn preference procedure to show that infants were able to tell the difference between words like "bidaku" and part-words like "kupado." Infants were able to do this because they tracked the ___ of the syllables in the language.
a. frequencies
b. transitional probabilities
c. stress patterns
d. phonotactics
B
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c. He discovered how testosterone and estradiol affect brain activities. d. He outlined the genetic influences on sexual orientation.
Chapter 8 discusses theories of semantic memory. Which of the following statements about the parallel distributed processing approach is correct?
a. When one unit is stimulated, all the units that are connected with it are simultaneously inhibited. b. When one unit is stimulated, all the other units are automatically given a default assignment. c. When one unit reaches an appropriate activation level, it can either inhibit or excite other units to which it is connected. d. At any given time, numerous serial operations are proceeding at the same time through several portions of the cortex.
People's overall happiness generally _____ with age.
A) increases B) decreases C) does not change D) fluctuates unpredictably
What is OCEAN? How was OCEAN developed?
What will be an ideal response?