Studies of the acquisition of a new language in internationally adopted preschoolers are useful because they allow researchers to:
A) determine the influence of culture on language acquisition.
B) determine the influence of nature versus nurture on language acquisition.
C) separate language learning from general cognitive development.
D) determine how language learning changes with age.
C) separate language learning from general cognitive development.
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For Leibniz, sensory experience is important because it:
a. produces the ideas that occur in the mind. b. provides the pleasurable and painful experiences that guide our behavior. c. allows the potential ideas within us to become actualized. d. provides another way of knowing God.
When presented with a list of 100 of the most common English words, most English-speaking people could agree on which of the following meanings of these words?
a. conjunctive meaning b. denotative meaning c. relational meaning d. connotative meaning
In the ____________________ level of Kohlberg's moral developmental theory, moral reasoning is based on the person's own moral standards
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Young teens are not as good as older teens at thinking abstractly. What can help them to learn
to do so? a. They need to experiment with their formal operational schemes before they are proficient at using them. b. They need complex problems and examples that will help them to acquire the ability to think abstractly. c. Their executive processes need time to mature. d. They need to take more abstract courses such as philosophy.