According to Anglin (1995), the increases in the vocabulary of children between third and fifth

grades are primarily due to gains in ________________ words.

a. short
b. concrete
c. derived
d. adjectives


c. derived

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Researchers have found that when college students were presented with different insanity rules, they

A. showed low rates of accurate recall, but adequate comprehension of crucial components of the rules. B. showed low rates of accurate recall and comprehension of crucial components of the rules. C. showed accurate recall and comprehension of crucial components of the rules. D. could recall and understand the Brawner rule, but the accuracy and comprehension of the other rules suffered.

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When a large z value is found when we compare a single sample to a population, we may deduce that _____

a. chance is a likely explanation for the difference b. something went wrong in our calculations c. the independent variable probably had no effect d. chance is not a likely explanation for the difference

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A measure of the output of a furnace controls the operation of that furnace. This is

(a) dynamic processing (b) analogous to classical conditioning (c) analogous to operant conditioning (d) feedback

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In expected value theory, the decision rule is to ____ expected value

(a) maximize (b) minimize (c) pay off (d) demand (e) raise

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