An informal vocabulary and grammar that is different from that of the native language and that often changes from generation to generation is __________.

A. Flynn effect
B. Ethnologue
C. multilingualism
D. slang


Answer: D

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A. the increased heartbeat B. the piece of music C. the sound of the buzzer D. listening to the music

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Your textbook defines personality as

a. the relatively stable set of psychological characteristics and behavior patterns that make individuals unique and account for the consistency of their behavior over time b. the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group c. the complex of all the attributes—behavioral, temperament, emotional and mental—that characterize aunique individual d. an assumed role or manner of behavior that makes a person or thing distinct from another e. enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself

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Salary surveys help establish:

a. external equity b. legality c. BFOQ's d. internal equity

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_____ trained a chimpanzee named Washoe to talk using _____.

A) B. F. Skinner; shaping through approximations B) Allen and Beatrix Gardner; American Sign Language C) Marian and Keller Breland; American Sign Language D) Sue Savage-Rumbaugh; picture boards

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