When the front part of a sentence can be interpreted more than one way, but the end of the sentence clarifies which meaning is correct, we say that the sentence is an example of

a. parsing.
b. temporary ambiguity.
c. speech segmentation.
d. lexical priming.


c

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a. exert more influence over the jury's decision than other members of the jury. b. spend more time than other jurors discussing procedural items. c. be especially liked because he had never served on a jury before. d. spend more time than other jurors expressing his opinion.

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The American Bar Association has called for a nationwide moratorium on capital punishment

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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There is an example in the book about a hypothetical bank teller named Linda. The

example was about (a) top down processes in perception (b) representativeness (c) availability (d) an algorithm (e) a base rate procedure

Psychology

Which of the following is a feature of social conventional reasoning?

A. conventional rules of an arbitrary nature B. emphasis on ethical standards C. incorporation of the concept of justice D. focus on rules of morality

Psychology