"What has four wheels and flies?" The answer is a garbage truck. This joke is based on a kind of ambiguity known as __________________

a. unclear subject c. adjective-noun reversal
b. a garden path sentence d. object ambiguity


Answer: b

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Which best describes the typical response to body image during puberty? a. Females worry more about appearance, but males are more dissatisfied with their appearance. b. Males worry more about appearance, but females are more dissatisfied with their appearance. c. Males worry more about appearance and are more dissatisfied with their appearance

d. Females worry more about appearance and are more dissatisfied with their appearance.

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According to Super's theory, what is the correct order of the phases of career development?

a. specification, crystallization, implementation b. crystallization, specification, implementation c. implementation, specification, crystallization d. crystallization, implementation, specification

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Which of the following is one of the traits Maslow theorized was possessed by self-actualizers?

a. egocentrism b. extraversion c. superior intelligence d. capacity to laugh at oneself

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Attributions are __________________.

A) innate personality traits B) genetic predispositions to behave a certain way C) explanations that account for one's own behaviors and/or the behaviors of others. D) physical qualities people have such as attractiveness

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