In addition to acquiring vocabulary and grammar, 4-year-old Penelope is learning to engage in effective and appropriate communication. Penelope is mastering the social side of language, known as ________
A) phonetics
B) linguistics
C) pragmatics
D) semantics
Answer: C
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A. conscious forces B. cognitive-personal factors C. environmental factors D. internal factors
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a. fearful responses. b. delusions and hallucinations. c. anxiety and panic. d. obsessions.
The individual who encouraged psychologists to employ better methods of research in the developmental approach to understanding concepts of death was
a. Sigmund Freud. b. Ernest Becker. c. Herman Feifel. d. Jean Piaget. e. Erik Erikson.
Which of the following sequences arranges the structures from the largest and most inclusive to the smallest and most specific?
A. inner ear ? otoliths ? semicircular canal B. otoliths ? semicircular canals ? inner ear C. otoliths ? inner ear ? semicircular canals D. inner ear ? semicircular canals ? otoliths