After his brother accidentally put the peanut butter in the refrigerator, Carl heard his father say, "Well, that was smart." Carl understood that his father was not giving his brother a compliment and it did not mean that his brother was especially intelligent. This is an example of increased understanding of __________.
a. pragmatics
b. the past imperfect tense
c. the executive function
d. conditional sentences
Answer: a. pragmatics
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Clive cannot remember if someone has been in his room just 15 minutes earlier and had a conversation with him. Although Clive is able to carry on a normal conversation with you, he cannot make the transfer from short-term to long-term memory. Clive must have damage to his
a. thalamus. b. hippocampus. c. pons. d. reticular formation.
Your long-time friend asks you several questions about a former classmate that you "bumped into" while on vacation. Although you talked to this old classmate for over an hour and know that she told you the name of the town in which she and her family are living, you can't seem to retrieve the name of the town at this moment in time. This is an example of when a memory is
a. explicit but not implicit. b. temporary rather than permanent. c. short-term but not long-term. d. available but not accessible.
One challenge for blended families is role ________, in which roles and expectations are unclear
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.
Hoffman calls controlling a child's behavior through use of spankings, commands, and physical restraint ______.
A. corporal punishment B. love withdrawal C. power assertion D. inductive discipline