According to the rules that young children use to learn the meanings of new words, when Ravisha points to a picture of a boy in a blue shirt and says "boy" her 13-month-old son will assume that the word "boy" refers to
a. the boy.
b. the boy's shirt.
c. the color blue.
d. the book that Ravisha is reading.
a
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In the aftermath of the Amado Dialog shooting, several psychologists have investigated the influence that a suspect's race might play in police decisions to shoot or not shoot. The results of these studies suggest that
a. race does not influence police officers who have been trained to look past a suspect's skin color. b. race can influence the thought processes of police officers, but very rarely their actual behavior. c. police will react differently to an African-American suspect depending on their own level of racial prejudice. d. mere awareness of racial stereotypes is enough to influence police behavior, even if the officers do notendorse these stereotypes.
Aphasia would be the likely result of damage to
a. the primary motor cortex of the frontal lobes. b. Broca's area or Wernicke's area. c. the primary visual areas of the occipital lobes. d. the cerebellum.
Individuals in long-term relationships note that expressed affection and frequency of sex decline rapidly after the first year or two of marriage. How do they respond?
a. with frustration and guilt b. with understanding and acceptance as companionate love increases c. with resentment d. with understanding and acceptance as companionate love decreases
Adolescents' desires to go to bed late at night is referred to as the ________ preference
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.