Pat uses a formal style of speech when talking with her teachers and an informal type of speech when talking with her friends. She is demonstrating ______

Three-year old Elijah's preschool teacher has complained to the child's parents that he is frequently difficult to control, does not sit still during story time, and has to be disciplined more than the other students

In response, Elijah's parents ask the school psychologist to go to the classroom for an hour and chart how often these instances actually take place. From a personality assessment perspective, the psychologist is conducting a(n) ________ assessment. a) behavior frequency b) psychometric c) personological d) inventory

Alicia is talking on her cell phone to her friend Maya

If Maya is in a crowded subway terminal, Alicia finds that she has to nearly shout for Maya to be able to hear her. However, when Maya is in a meadow on her grandparents' farm, she can easily tell what Alicia is watching on TV as they talk. This is one illustration of A) absolute threshold. B) the just noticeable difference. C) signal-to-noise ratio. D) transduction.