Young language learners are bombarded with so many unfamiliar words. It is hard to imagine how they figure out which words are nouns, which words are verbs, and which words are adjectives. Brown (1957) proposed a solution. He said that children figure it out by using ___ cues.

a. perceptual
b. social
c. memory
d. grammatical


d. grammatical

Psychology

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Children raised by warm parents are more likely to

a. develop a conscience or a moral sense. b. act in aggressive ways with other children. c. be perceived as naughty. d. have poor social and emotional well-being.

Psychology

In order to establish an unambiguous relationship between two variables, it is necessary to eliminate the possible influence of ____ variables

a. extraneous b. confounding c. independent d. dependent

Psychology

That you can select traffic signals from a background of neon signs and lights is an illustration of

a. sensory gating. b. selective attention. c. control biasing. d. physiological nystagmus.

Psychology

According to Erikson, the major task during young adulthood is successful achievement of

a. a unified sense of self. b. meaningful relationships with others. c. personal and civic responsibility. d. a stable identity and personality structure.

Psychology