If deaf children are raised without exposure to sign language, they sometimes _____ that can be taken as evidence for Chomsky and Pinker's _____
a. develop individually idiosyncratic signing; theory of language being genetic
b. develop American sign language; genetic sign language
c. develop their own sign language; language acquisition device
d. are unable to learn any sign language; language evolution paradigm
C
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Framing refers to:
a. presenting only part of the information required to make a decision b. presenting information that has no direct bearing on the decision problem at hand c. structuring decision problems in a manner that will lead to poor decisions d. the way in which the alternatives in a decision problem are presented
The fact that blind infants begin to smile around 4-6 weeks shows that:
a. they are socially delayed, because sighted infants smile almost immediately b. blind children can learn anything sighted children can c. some facial expressions are biologically programmed d. at least in the beginning, humans have a cheerful disposition
Infants too young to crawl will still
a. react to the shallow and deep ends of the visual cliff. b. do not react to the shallow and deep ends of the visual cliff. c. experience fear when placed at the edge of a visual cliff. d. respond equally to the two sides of the visual cliff.
Herbart’s “limen” is similar to the concept of a(n) ____
a. apperception c. monad b. threshold d. tabula rasa