Linguists are primarily interested in:
A) finding out the relationship between psychology and language
B) crossword puzzles
C) teaching chimpanzees how to do sign language
D) understanding classical literature
E) developing a descriptive framework of a language
E
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Based on early research by Norman Triplett, we should expect that children who work on math problems alone will ____ than children who work on math problems side by side with their classmates
a. work more slowly b. work more quickly c. second-guess themselves less d. second-guess themselves more
Factorial designs are classified as ____ designs
a. signal-enhancing b. signal-reducing c. noise-enhancing d. noise-reducing
The main difference between the parallel forms and split¬-half techniques for assessing reliability is that
a. the parallel forms techniques involves testing participants on two separate occasions and the split half technique does not. b. items are arbitrarily divided for comparison in the parallel forms procedure but this is not true for the split half technique. c. a high positive correlation between scores reflects good reliability for the parallel forms procedure but a high negative correlation is indicative of good reliability for the split half procedure. d. split half correlations reflect stability whereas parallel forms correlations do not.
The autonomic nervous system allows us to ____
a. walk and talk b. ?remember important events c. ?reason logically about difficult concepts d. ?breath without having to think about it