Preschool children build their vocabularies at a rapid rate that requires that after the briefest encounter they can associate a word and its meaning. This is known as __________

a) syntax
b) fast mapping
c) grammar
d) pragmatics


Answer: b

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a) Friends b) Neighbors c) Siblings d) The church

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Dr. Shedrika uses a form of therapy that emphasizes revealing his clients' unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires, which he believes are the cause of his clients' disordered emotions and behavior. This therapist is most likely using ________

a) behavior therapy b) psychoanalysis c) Gestalt therapy d) systematic desensitization

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Unipolar depressive disorders are more common in ____________________, and rates for bipolar and cyclothymic disorders are ____________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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a) non-normative life event
b) age-graded influence
c) history-graded influence
d) sociocultural-graded influence

Psychology