According to Chomsky, transformational rules allow us to:
A. translate words from a foreign language into our own
B. translate words from our language into a foreign one
C. convert surface structures into deep structures and back into surface structures
D. learn new grammatical rules of language
Answer: C
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Assuming that these children are all developing normally, who would be most likely to have just begun to display self-conscious emotions?
a. Bob, who is 2 months old b. Ted, who is 18 months old c. Carol, who is 24 months old d. Alice, who is 4 years old
The portion of your information-processing system that plans and monitors what you do is referred to as the _____ control processor
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word