Exam 9: Section 2: Language and Thought

The view that people make decisions by determining how likely something is to happen, judging the value of the outcome, and then multiplying the two is called:

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Question 161

_____ is the set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages.

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Question 162

Because the combined probability of events is always _ than the independent probability of each event, it's always _ probable that any one state of affairs is true than a set of events simultaneously.

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Question 163

If Jackie's prototype of science is physics, she MOST likely will exclude _____ from her category of science.

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Question 164

Jody has a vocabulary of about 10,000 words. Her speech recently has begun to include full sentences, questions, negations, and function words. About how old is Jody likely to be?

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Exam 9: Section 2: Language and Thought

The view that people make decisions by determining how likely something is to happen, judging the value of the outcome, and then multiplying the two is called:

_____ is the set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages.

Because the combined probability of events is always _____ than the independent probability of each event, it's always _____ probable that any one state of affairs is true than a set of events simultaneously.

If Jackie's prototype of science is physics, she MOST likely will exclude _____ from her category of science.

Jody has a vocabulary of about 10,000 words. Her speech recently has begun to include full sentences, questions, negations, and function words. About how old is Jody likely to be?

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

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Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

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Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

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Section 5: Sensation and Perception

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Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

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Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

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Section 1: Learning

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Section 3: Learning

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Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

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Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

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Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

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Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence

Section 1: Development

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Section 1: Personality

Section 2: Personality

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Section 4: Personality

Section 5: Personality

Section 6: Personality

Section 1: Social Psychology

Section 2: Social Psychology

Section 3: Social Psychology

Because the combined probability of events is always _ than the independent probability of each event, it's always _ probable that any one state of affairs is true than a set of events simultaneously.