A father says to his son, "Go over to the chair and get my overcoat." (The overcoat is the only item on the chair.) The next day, the son talks about his daddy's overcoat; apparently he has already learned this new word. This is an example of

A grandma complains, "Mothers don't spend time with their children like they did in my day." Knowing the research, what should her grandchild answer?

a) "True, but only because people now leave teaching to the schools and don't help with children's homework." b) "True, but this only applies to single moms who must work." c) "Absolutely false. Mothers—both stay-at-home and working—spend more time with their children today." d) "True, but this only applies to mothers who work full time at high-stress jobs."

The conversion of the energy produced by falling water, into electrical power, at a

hydroelectric dam is analogous to a. anatomical coding. b. psychophysics. c. signal defection. d. temporal coding. e. transduction.