Morrie and his family live in a large city well known for aggressive driving. His parents have been very careful to teach him to watch the street crossing lights. He knows when he sees the green walking man it is okay to cross the street after looking both ways and that if he sees the red hand he should not cross, even if there is no oncoming traffic. When Morrie is visiting his grandparents who

live in another large city with aggressive drivers, they are impressed when, at an intersection, he sees the word STOP in red light and tells his grandparents they are not to cross and when he sees the word WALK green light he checks both directions before crossing. What does Morrie’s ability to know when to cross the street, despite the differences in the signs, illustrate?

a. transfiguration
b. transposition
c. transition
d. transmutation


B

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