Changing one's speech to fit a particular social situation demonstrates:

a. grammar. c. pragmatics.
b. syntax. d. egocentrism.


C

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a. ?The APA regards homosexuality as a mental disorder. b. ?As of 2014, the U.S. federal government affords the same rights to same-sex couples as opposite-sex couples. c. ?Gays and lesbians have the same legal protection under United States law as other minorities. d. ?The children of gay and lesbian parents show adjustment and developmental problems.

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A process known as __________ is used to determine which traits are basic to human nature

a. psychoanalysis c. metacognition b. factor analysis d. endochondral ossification

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Contrary to popular public opinion regarding hypnosis, people can

A) experience highly enhanced memory for situational details when hypnotized. B) experience a total lack of situational awareness when in a hypnotic state. C) forget what happened while hypnotized. D) resist and oppose hypnotic suggestions at will.

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Pedro told his father that he wants to quit school and try his hand at acting. His father tells him that he will be very disappointed in Pedro if he does not reconsider his decision. Pedro's father has just created

A. conditions of worth. B. subliminal conflict. C. a descriptive norm. D. a disjunctive rule.

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