What is the typical frequency of fixations while an adult is reading?
a. One fixation per second
b. Four fixations per second
c. A hundred fixations per second
d. Two or three fixations per minute
b
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a. enculturation b. inculcation c. socialization d. nationalization
Whenever your English professor refers to a page in the textbook, you observe the student next to you marking the page with a paper clip. Writing down future references to page numbers in your notebook would be an example of
a. specific imitation. b. specific counterimitation. c. general imitation. d. general counterimitation.
The drop in school grades and difficulties in psychological adjustment that occur when students make the transition from elementary to middle school can result from a mismatch between the characteristics of early adolescents and the design of middle school schedules and classroom practices, known as a poor ____________________
a. developmental fit b. stage-environment fit c. core curriculum fit d. understanding of adolescent development
Most tall, thin, and attractive women are not fashion models, but if you are introduced to a woman with these characteristics you may think it likely that she is a model. This is called ____.?
a. ?the availability heuristic b. ?the representative heuristic c. ?inductive reasoning d. ?an overextension