Baby Todd's mother notices that he makes a variety of sounds including cooing, crying, gurgling, and murmuring, along with facial expressions, gestures, imitation, and other nonlinguistic means. Baby Todd is demonstrating
a) phonology.
b) morphemes.
c) semantics.
d) prelinguistic communication.
d
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A) Schizophrenia B) OCD C) Dissociative identity disorder D) Antisocial personality disorder
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A clinical psychologist wants to know when her depressed patients are getting better. Although she could rely on their self-reports, she wonders if some patients will tell her what she "wants to hear." A colleague mentions the name Duchenne
What is he suggesting? a) look for a real smile b) study the use of regulators during sessions c) examine the number of words patients use d) count the number of pauses during conversations
Professor Woo studies infants. The goal of her research is to demonstrate that infants have the ability to understand rudimentary forms of mathematics (e.g., the addition and subtraction of small numbers of objects)
Professor Woo most likely subscribes to which of the following perspectives? a. associationist perspective b. constructivist perspective c. competent-infant perspective d. information-processing perspective