When one uses polite language in formal conversations and personal, informal language in intimate conversations, one is demonstrating the knowledge of ____, or the appropriate use of language in different contexts.

a. pragmatics
b. semantics
c. syntax
d. morphology


a. pragmatics

Psychology

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After detoxification, the next step in the treatment of alcoholism involves

a. trying to restore the person's health. b. aversion therapy. c. the injection of chemicals into the blood to neutralize the effects of the alcohol. d. requiring the alcoholic to make amends for the damage he or she has caused in their relationships.

Psychology

___________ is presenting a word or an idea in advance to make it easier to remember

Retrieval Priming Memory Recall

Psychology

According to Sussman et al. (2007) what type of group includes students who do not stand out in any particular way, neither positively or negatively, and are mostly ignored by other students?

a. elite b. academics c. deviants d. others

Psychology

Social-cognitive theory is an expansion of psychodynamic theory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology