Imagine it is five years from now, and your young niece comes to visit you. When you enter your room you see that she has pulled out all of your clothes and sorted them into piles. There are piles of each category of clothes (e.g., pants, shirts) and within each of these categories the clothes are sorted by color. You think back to when you took Psych 101 and impress your niece's parents by telling them about her ____________ ability
a. pragmatic categorization
b. phonemic categorization
c. taxonomic sorting
d. thematic sorting
Ans: c. taxonomic sorting
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a. a pleasant event; the removal of an unpleasant event b. punishment; reward c. a pleasant outcome; a reward for bad behavior d. escape; punishment
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A. Isolation B. Stress C. Dictatorial group leader D. Cohesiveness
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A. go to sleep early; go to sleep later B. sleep during the day; stay awake when it's dark C. go to sleep early; go to sleep when you are used to D. go to sleep later; go to sleep when you are not sleepy
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