Which of the following is NOT an argument against the idea language developed as an adaptation?
a. There are no fossil records to support the evolution of language.
b. Children are not taught the rules of language in a systematic fashion.
c. It is not easy to see how a simple form of language could have an adaptive advantage.
d. The universal features of language might be a result of how our perceptual systems operate.
B
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a. A five-applications approach. b. A four-levels approach. c. A five-strategies approach. d. None of the above approaches.
A weekend workshop group is making a decision. If we can assume that it is like most groups, then we can predict that in its decision making, the scheme followed most often by the group when there is no single objectively correct decision is
a. the first-shift rule. c. the majority-wins scheme. b. the truth-wins scheme. d. none of these.
Sociocultural-graded influences are
A) social and cultural factors present at a particular time for a particular individual. B) specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life at a time when such events do not happen to most adolescents. C) biological and environmental influences associated with a particular historical moment. D) biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they were raised.
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A) Huntington's disease B) Phenylketonuria C) Sickle-cell disease D) Tay-Sachs disease