Nina's mom has been warning her about the danger of playing with her balloon near a burning candle. Suddenly, the balloon hits the flame and explodes. Nina's mom looks at her and says, "I hope that you are happy," but because of the tone of her voice, her mom is really saying, "See, I told you to watch out!" This use of tone to change the meaning of a sentence provides a good example of the
concept of
a. word segmentation.
b. syntactic bootstrapping.
c. overregulation.
d. prosody.
d
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When children are threatened, criticized, and punished excessively by adults, they
A) renew their efforts to master new tasks. B) feel too much guilt and their exuberant play breaks down. C) lose the ability to form a sense of morality. D) form a superego by identifying with the same-sex parent.
Boys with conduct disorder are more likely than girls with conduct disorder to engage in which of the following?
a. prostitution c. running away b. stealing d. crying
Which statement about individual and group differences in physical growth is true?
A) Asian children tend to be slightly above North American growth norms. B) African-American children tend to be below the growth norms. C) There are no apparent ethnic differences in physical growth. D) Children of the same age differ in rate of physical growth.
Which of the following activities can a four year old child perform comfortably?
What will be an ideal response?