Which of the following is a characteristic of Chomsky's linguistic perspective on language acquisition?
a. The rare-event learning mechanism c. Partial representative parameters
b. Inner speech d. Universal grammar
D
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A. dependent B. randomized C. independent D. control
Psychodynamic theorists tend to share in common with trait theorists the view that human personality is based on
a. learning and expectancies. b. personal growth and self-actualization. c. a set of biological dispositions. d. unconscious drives.
Which of the following recruitment strategy is an example of convenience sampling to collect family income in San Francisco?
A. randomly selecting people from a phone book in San Francisco and calling them B. mailing out a questionnaire to everyone in a San Francisco C. randomly asking people waiting at the bus stop D. It is not possible to use convenient sampling from a population in San Francisco.
During language development, children exhibit overinclusion of instances within a category such as calling a raccoon a cat. What is this referred to as?
a. overextension c. overgeneralization b. underextension d. none of these