Words have no physical resemblance to the concepts they represent, and function as social
conventions. In Piaget's terminology, words are
a. symbols.
b. signs.
c. identifiers.
d. signifiers.
e. stabilizers.
b. signs.
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a. five b. seven c. ten d. twelve
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A) thin slice. B) scapegoat. C) schema. D) outgroup.
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a. Stage 1 b. Stage 2 c. Stage 3 d. Stage 4
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