Recently, my six-year-old daughter left my wife a note. Part of it read, "When you get home wack me up." Her writing 'wack' instead of 'wake' is known as
A) paralanguage. B) spelling contortion.
C) inventive spelling. D) linguistic confabulation.
C
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A less severe but often chronic form of bipolar disorder is called __________.
A. cyclothymic disorder B. dysthymia C. seasonal affective disorder D. hypomanic II disorder
Washburn systematically studied several categories of animal behavior in order to:
a. explain behavior as opposed to consciousness b. understand animal consciousness c. confirm many of the observations made by Romanes d. demonstrate that nonhuman animals are as intelligent as humans
The story of Phineas Gage demonstrates that:
a. the frontal lobe seems to be involved in emotion and decision making b. a person cannot live if the frontal lobe is damaged c. a person cannot walk if the frontal lobe is damaged d. the frontal lobe seems to be a large mass of tissue that does not have any particular function
Laboratory studies of adolescent decision-making are usually conducted using ______.
A. questionnaires about previous decisions B. personal interviews C. observation of actual decisions D. hypothetical dilemmas