When children hear a new word in a familiar context, they can simply add the word to the general category without fully understanding the word. This is called

lexical addition.
categorical embellishment.
vocabulary expansion.
fast-mapping.

fast-mapping.

Psychology

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Which of the following would be considered exclusionary factors for the identification of a specific learning disorder?

a. poverty b. frequent absences from school due to chronic illness c. intellectual disability disorder d. All of these.

Psychology

Salem, a university professor, smokes like a chimney and bites her nails. Freud would most likely say that Salem

a. has become fixated at the oral stage of development. b. values despair over integrity. c. is suffering from an unresolved Electra complex. d. lacks a superego.

Psychology