Displacement is the idea that language

A) has no limit to the number of types of utterances that humans can create.
B) represents thoughts, objects, and events through specific and abstract symbols.
C) can communicate about a vast range of things instead of being limited to immediate circumstances.
D) is the comprehension and production of spoken words.


C) can communicate about a vast range of things instead of being limited to immediate circumstances.

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a. Positive psychology b. Humanistic psychology c. Evolutionary psychology d. Behavioral psychology

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