Will uses curse words when he is hanging out with his friends, but he would never use a curse word in front of his grandma or his teacher. Will understands ______.
A. distributive justice
B. pragmatics
C. grammar
D. selective attention
Answer: B
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Your authors give several examples of how research in human development has shaped social policies in the United States of America. Which social policy issues have NOT, according to your text, been affected by research on human development?
a. elimination of typical newborn immunizations because they are no longer medically necessary b. the elimination of a mandatory retirement age c. the Americans with Disabilities Act d. methods for determining whether an adolescent offender should be tried as a juvenile or an adult
What can we conclude about age of acquisition and mastery of a second language?
a. We cannot draw any conclusions until we have research using the experimental method. b. For speakers of first languages similar to English, it's better to learn English early; for speakers of first languages that are different from English, it's better to learn English late. c. The research shows quite clearly that children acquire a second language more rapidly than adults do. d. The research is not clear-cut; instead, the findings seem to depend upon factors such as the similarity between the first language and the second language.
Discomfort in social situations, fear of evaluation, and timidity are characteristic of which personality disorder?
a. histrionic b. antisocial c. schizoid d. avoidant
A special need that involves some aspect of hearing or the loss of hearing is known as a(n) ____________ impairment
a. visual c. motor b. auditory d. speech