When children use __________, they quickly acquire an approximate meaning of a word from a few exposures to the word used in context.
A. fast mapping
B. private speech
C. pragmatics
D. overregularization errors
Answer: A
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a. component analysis b. stimulus-response analysis c. task analysis d. behavioral analysis
Hegarty (1992) argued that when people have a complex problem to solve, they use mental imaging regardless of whether someone tells them to do so.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which term describes a relatively permanent change in behavior or the potential to make a response that occurs as a result of experience?
a) learning b) cognition c) perception d) maturation
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a. slight increase b. sharp increase c. slight decrease d. sharp decrease