What is a speech act?
a. any kind of explicit speech
b. pretending to speak, but not really doing it
c. the intended consequence of what is said
d. early language attempts by infants
Answer: c
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Which of the following statements about gender stereotypes in vocational choice is true?
A) Women write more books than men, but men produce more works of art than women. B) More mathematically talented college women choose engineering over health professions. C) One explanation for women's attraction to male-dominated careers is a change in gender-role attitudes. D) Women's progress in entering and excelling in male-dominated careers has been swift.
Which two developmental psychologists believed that a person's personality is quite stable and continuous throughout one's lifetime?
a) Gould and Levinson b) Erikson and Levinson c) Costa and McCrae d) Vaillant and Helson