The process of quickly acquiring and retaining a word after hearing it applied a few times is called ______.

A. word integration
B. fast mapping
C. holophrasing
D. categorization


Answer: B

Psychology

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A. Most of us, including researchers, do not know what social norms are. B. Many behaviors that are desirable then would be considered abnormal. C. It is hard to operationally define a social norm. D. Social norms change over time.

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a. normal distributions. b. statistical significance. c. measurement error. d. statistical association.

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The rhythm and emphasis on each word is called _____

a) intonation. b) syntax. c) morphemes. d) phonemes.

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