After children speak their first words, verbal acquisition tends to be
a. fast, with children speaking 40-50 words within a month.
b. slow, with children speaking 10-30 words within 3-4 months.
c. fast, as expressive vocabulary outpaces receptive vocabulary.
d. ?slow, with children acquiring about one new word each day.
b
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Based on other research in this chapter, how were these smokers, who particularly felt like hypocrites, most likely to behave? a. They would feel a sudden urge to smoke. b. They would increase intentions to quit smoking. c. They could change the topic of conversation to something more comfortable. d. They could use denial.
Which of the following would NOT be a main feature of psychoses?
a. hallucinations and delusions b. incapacitating anxiety c. disturbed verbal communication and personality disintegration d. withdrawal from shared views of reality