The understanding that words are made up of smaller units is called
A) metalinguistic awareness.
B) phonemic awareness.
C) automatization.
D) knowledge telling.
B) phonemic awareness. Phonemic awareness is the understanding that words are made up of smaller units of sound, or phonemes. This understanding involves associating printed letters with the sounds that go with them.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. performance on verbal and math reasoning tasks also improves after listening to Mozart b. listening to sad, slow music improves spatial reasoning performance even more than listening to Mozart c. the improvements in performance were generally relatively small and only lasted for brief periods d. although the improvements in performance were small, they appeared to be relatively permanent
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a. signals that the body has been, or is about to be damaged. b. is carried by small nerve fibers. c. involves pain that is nagging, widespread, and extremely unpleasant. d. involves all of these characteristics.