Baby Rosalita, born to English-speaking parents, is able to differentiate between the soft "p" and sharp "p" phonemes used to distinguish meaning in the Thai language. Her parents perceive both sounds as identical
Rosalita's parents are exhibiting
A) categorical speech perception.
B) semantic bootstrapping.
C) referential communication.
D) overregularization.
A
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A) Marcia is less affected by the real-life violence than Janet. B) Marcia and Janet are equally alarmed and disturbed by the violence. C) Marcia is more affected by the real-life violence than Janet. D) Neither Marcia nor Janet is disturbed by the news clip.
Mass media provide adolescents with a way to cope with the stress of everyday life
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Michael has been charged with murder, but he does not seem to understand the charge against him. He does not seem to understand that if he pleads guilty, he is going to go to prison. His attorney has been trying to work with him to no avail; Michael has not been rational the entire time he has been in custody. Since a defendant's competence is only evaluated in terms of one's ability to stand trial, it is likely that he will just be advised to go ahead and enter a plea.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Dissociative identity disorder was formerly known as
a. psychogenic amnesia. b. multiple personality disorder. c. conversion hysteria. d. neurasthenia.