When a child recognizes the letter "J" and knows that it makes the sound of the first letter in the word joy, she engages in

A) encoding.
B) decoding.
C) comprehension.
D) seriation.


B

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Typology systems make each of the following assumptions except one. Which one?

A. Each person belongs in one personality category. B. All people within a personality category are basically alike. C. People in one personality category are distinctly different from people in other categories. D. Not all people can be classified into a type category, but most of them can.

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A raw score that is 1 standard deviation above the mean of the raw score distribution will have a z score of 1

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

During a research study, a snack manufacturer observes that he must increase the salt content of his company's chips by at least 3% for research participants to notice that the chips are saltier than they were before. This scenario best illustrates the concept of a(n)

A. adaptation threshold. B. difference threshold. C. frequency threshold. D. absolute threshold.

Psychology

Daquon, who is 4 years old, at times notices that his penis becomes erect and is fascinated by this "strange" phenomenon. According to Freud, Daquon is in the ____ stage of psychosexual development

a. oral b. anal c. phallic d. fixation

Psychology