Sixteen-year-old Madeleine's father is listening to her talk on the phone to her best friend; he laughs at how little he understands of their conversation
Madeleine says, "I can't believe it, he's such a poser!" Her father wonders, "What's a poser?" Madeleine's father is having difficulty because of
A) adolescent phonemic awareness.
B) metalinguistic awareness.
C) the adolescent register.
D) the personal fable.
C) the adolescent register. During adolescence children begin to use language as a tool for identifying peer groups and for excluding those outside their peer group. The adolescent register is a special form of speech that adolescents use to identify themselves as belonging to a particular social, cultural, or generational group.
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A. depression B. psychosis C. mania D. hyperinsomnia
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) is a psychological test that can identify different psychological disorders
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Bandura's concept of self-efficacy refers to:
A. how good an individual feels about himself or herself as a person B. whether an individual feels he or she can successfully accomplish a task C. whether an individual is focused on performance rather than learning D. whether an individual is motivated by extrinsic rewards rather than intrinsic rewards
The difference between whether an achievement test item is said to be fact-based or conceptual has to do in large part with the extent to which
A. the testtaker believes that the content has a true basis in fact. B. the content of the item is indeed factual or merely opinion-based. C. concepts referred to in the test item are presented clearly. D. rote memory alone can be used to access the correct response.