Children use _______________to quickly acquire an approximate meaning of a word from a few exposures to the word used in context
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Answer: fast mapping
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Which of the following is true about disinhibition and its various forms?
a. Lack of anonymity online reduces disinhibition against offensive behavior. b. Sexual behavior is unaffected by the phenomenon of disinhibition. c. Disinhibition is usually higher in females and tends to increase with age. d. Anonymity in large crowds increases tendencies of people to discard their inhibitions.
Aimee was late coming home from school. Even though she had a reasonable excuse, her parents grounded her for a month and suspended her allowance. This sounds like which style of parenting?
a. authoritarian b. authoritative c. permissive d. inhibited e. assertive
Every time Darlene and Sam get into an argument, they tend to rehash old issues that come to mind. Which explanation of memory best explains why the memories of previous arguments keep resurfacing?
a. eidetic imagery b. state-dependent learning c. repression d. retroactive interference
_______________ wanted to know how specific behaviors and mental processes help a person or animal adapt to the environment, so they looked for the underlying causes and practical consequences of these behaviors and processes
a. Rationalists b. Structuralists c. Fundamentalists d. Functionalists