The ability of a speaker to communicate about things at times other than the present and about things not directly in front of the speaker is termed:

A. openness
B. displacement
C. disarticulation
D. discreteness


B. displacement

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Overall, during the Neolithic revolution, bone structure became (more/less) _______________ robust

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Smallpox was originally acquired from ______________ (which animal?)

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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What is a statistical association?

A) It is a relationship between two variables that is unlikely to be due to chance. B) It is a relationship between two variables that may be meaningful, but that may equally well be due to chance. C) It is a chance association between two variables. D) It is an organization devoted to the documentation of numerical information from different societies.

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