Your teacher approaches you during an exam and says, "Would you mind putting away your cell phone?" This is an example of a(n) __________ speech act.
a. implicit
b. indirect
c. inferred
d. instructive
Answer: b. indirect
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A. contextual intelligence B. experiential intelligence C. practical intelligence D. componential intelligence
You shake hands with a person right before she speaks to a large audience. You notice that her hands are sweaty. Assuming that she is nervous, her moist hands are called:
A. hypertrophism B. empathetic sweating C. palmar sweating D. hypotrophism
The attentional problem that is associated with a tendency to ignore things that appear toward the left side of the body is:
a. attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder b. boustrophedria c. visual ataxia d. visual neglect
Which of the following is an advantage of fMRI as a brain imaging technique?
A. The machines are relatively inexpensive. B. It requires the use of radiation. C. It has good spatial resolution. D. It can only take one, static, picture of the brain.