Every time Bert slices onions, the onions burn his eyes and tears run down his face. One day he opened the silverware drawer and pulled out the knife that he uses only to peel onions and immediately started to shed tears from the sight of the knife. In this situation, the onion is the __________, and the knife is the __________.

A psychologist is administering an assessment technique to a client. The psychologist shows the client cards with ambiguous scenes on them. The client makes up stories to go along with each card. This assessment technique is most likely the

a) Rorschach Inkblot Technique. b) Thematic Apperception Test. c) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. d) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Which of the following alternatives best expresses the neurolinguistic relationship between pragmatics and the other components of language described in your text?

a) Like the other components of language, pragmatics is processed in the brain's left hemisphere. b) Like the other components of language, pragmatics is processed in the brain's right hemisphere. c) In contrast to most other components of language, pragmatics is processed in the brain's left hemisphere. d) In contrast to most other components of language, pragmatics is processed in the brain's right hemisphere.