In One Experiment, Children Were Asked to "Argue" with a Puppet

question 114

Multiple Choice

In one experiment, children were asked to "argue" with a puppet by transforming all the puppet's statements into negative forms.What were the results of this experiment?

• A)Children did not use negative auxiliaries correctly until the elementary school years.
• B)Preschoolers could convey nonexistence but not denial or rejection.
• C)Most preschoolers could use a wide variety of negative auxiliaries.
• D)Preschoolers could convey denial or rejection but not nonexistence.

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Definitions:

Deadweight Loss

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Monopolistic Competition

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