Linguistic overextension occurs when a person
a. uses the same word to describe too wide a range of objects.
b. initially learns all the letters of the alphabet.
c. cannot understand the relationship between the sound for a word and the object it represents.
d. uses many words to describe a single object.
a
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A. they believe it is the appropriate culmination of a loving relationship and the morally correct thing to do B. having a spouse with which to share one's wealth is important for men C. government benefits decrease upon signing a marriage license D. marriage offers a guaranteed lifelong commitment to both parties
Information registered in the right hemisphere can pass across the _____ and be registered virtually instantaneously in the left hemisphere.
A) corpus callosum B) gyrus major C) sulcus major D) reticular formation
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a. semantics b. pragmatics c. phonology d. syntax
At middle age, there is an apparent decrease in height caused by
A. intervertebral disk degeneration B. decreased thickness of joint cartilage in the lower extremities C. abnormal spinal curvature D. all selections are correct