A thirteen-year-old student with a language disorder phones her mother who works in a factory with over a thousand employees. When the factory receptionist answers the phone, the student says, “I want to talk to my mother,” and gives no other identifying information. This student is exhibiting a problem in which of the five components of language?
a. Morphology
b. Pragmatics
c. Semantics
d. Syntax
ANSWER: b
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A five-year-old with severe disabilities:
a. should not be included in a typical kindergarten b. should be using materials that are appropriate for his or her developmental age c. should be encouraged to act like a typical five-year-old d. should be using materials and exploring environments that are typical for all five-year-olds
Refer to Exhibit 6-4. What percent of the variance of scores in Group 1 is common with the variance of scores in Group 2?
a. 56 percent c. 72 percent b. 69 percent d. None of these are true.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Brain and mind exist in two different universes, one physical the other non-physical. This is the dualist view 2. A person, a computer, and an alien could all have minds even though they all operate in very different ways. This is the functionalist view 3. Everything we know comes from experience. This is the rationalist view 4. Evolutionary psychologists argue that innate abilities like refexes are domain-general mechanisms 5. In the multiple drafts model, consciousness consists of many different ongoing streams that can each be edited
A whole-class reading of a core book, an individualized reading approach, and thematic literature units may be part of
a. a literature-based reading program. b. a linguistic series. c. the tech-to-stretch technique. d. None of these