The study of language is considered important to cognitive psychology because:
A) the conceptual processes involved in language are common to many forms of human thinking and
problem solving
B) language is the chief means of human communication
C) the abstractions of language are thought to be basic to cognition
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
D
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The "30 million word gap" refers to:
A) anthropological evidence that language use has exploded over the last 6,000 years. B) language expansion that occurs between the ages of 1 and 5 not accounted for by behaviourist theory. C) differences in language exposure between children from low and high socioeconomic status. D) differences in language exposure between American and Asian children.
In the Johnson and Downing uniform study, which condition led to the greatest number of antisocial behaviors?
A. KKK uniform with large name tag B. KKK uniform with no name tag C. nurse uniform with large name tag D. nurse uniform with no name tag
Laurie has small hands and feet. Her face seems flat, and her eyes slant upward. Laurie MOST likely has an intellectual developmental disorder called ______ syndrome, and her IQ is MOST likely about ______.
a. Down; 50 b. Down; 75 c. fragile X; 50 d. fragile X; 75
Sometimes in a repeated measures design, an early treatment will not have affect later performance initially, but after a while, the early treatment does affect performance. This would be a case of
a. asymmetric transfer. b. a baseline effect. c. latency effect. d. history effect.