Macintosh is trying to get his grandson to learn the word "apple.". His attempt involves looking at an apple on a tree, making sure that his grandson is also looking, and then saying "apple.". Macintosh's effort to teach his grandson is clearly based on

a. motherese

b. the innate orienting response.
c. fast-mapping.
d. joint attention.


d

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c. Multilingual people may think or act differently as a function of what language is used in a particular setting. d. In general, universities are unwilling to allow faculty to travel outside the U.S. to conduct research.

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If your research study had more than two experimental/control groups and encompassed more than one independent variable, you would have to use a(n) ____ to determine the differences between the groups

a. ?chi-squared test b. ?analysis of variance c. ?t test d. ?correlation coefficient

Psychology

The advertising efforts of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America are examples of the ___________ model of prevention

a. sociocultural b. distribution of consumption c. proscriptive d. harm reduction

Psychology

The James-Lange theory of emotion theories explains that the feelings occur after the bodily arousal, that is, one sees the growling dog, then runs, is aroused, and, lastly, feels fear

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology