The theory that all languages share a similar underlying structure is called __________.
a. the nativist perspective
b. universal grammar
c. global semantics
d. overextension
Answer: b. universal grammar
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b. After habituating to "ba," an infant sucks harder after hearing "pa.". c. Infants smile when they hear "ba" but frown when they hear "pa.". d. No evidence supports this conclusion.
Justin puts his school supplies away in his desk. When asked why, he replies, "Because my teacher told me to.". He believes that right and wrong are absolutes and that behavior is correct when it conforms to rules. According to Piaget, what stage of moral development is Justin in?
a. Moral realism b. Autonomous morality c. Concrete operational moralism d. Transitivity morality
Twenty-month-old Hans is thinking carefully before pulling a pot out of the kitchen cupboard, because the last time he did this all of the pans fell out and made a loud crashing sound. In which of the following behaviors is Hans engaging?
acquired adaptation making interesting sights last active experimentation making mental combinations
Wagenaar (1986) found that for the events he tried to recall from six years of his life that ______.
a. fewer cues were enough for recalling important events b. more cues usually helped, and the date of an event was useless c. his recall of events went from 35% for recent events to 70% for older ones d. events seemed to be stored based on specific dates and times