Defining how the brain is divided into two hemispheres, the right and the left, is an example of:
a) operational definition.
b) complicated structures.
c) involved processes.
d) associated features.
ANS: a
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When speakers squeeze and relax their muscles while waiting for their turn to speak, without calling attention to what they are doing, it reflects a strategy of coping with nervousness referred to as
a. speech visualization. b. adapting to the speaking environment. c. channeling your nervous energy. d. speech preparation.
In a presentation about complexity theory, Mitchell Waldrop
compared the concepts of order, complexity, and chaos to different states of water: ice, liquid, and steam. What strategy for explaining a quasi-scientific phenomenon did Waldrop use?a. Provide a purpose statement. b. Use analogies and metaphors. c. Use presentations aids. d. Use connectives—transitions, previews, summaries, signposts. e. Provide nonexamples.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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