A Degree of Uniformity Is Necessary If We Are to Interact

question 525

Multiple Choice

A degree of uniformity is necessary if we are to interact comfortably with others and to anticipate their behaviors in schools and businesses and when driving on the highways. This degree of uniformity is most often due to

• A)mutual affiliation.
• B)passive compliance.
• C)harmless stereotyping.
• D)conformity.

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Definitions:

Underextension

A linguistic phenomenon where a child applies a word in a narrower scope than its usual meaning.

Overregularization

Overregularization is a language acquisition phenomenon where children apply regular grammatical rules too widely, leading to errors such as using "goed" instead of "went."

Perceptual Biases

Cognitive biases that impact how we perceive and interpret information from our senses.

Infant Language Development

The process by which infants acquire the capacity to understand and produce spoken language during the first few years of life.