David Is a College Student Who Knows the Different Linguistic

question 51

Multiple Choice

David is a college student who knows the different linguistic habits appropriate to his mother and stepfather's home, his father's home, his university residence hall, his anthropology class, his job at an elegant restaurant, and his religious tradition. The term used in the text to describe his complex linguistic knowledge is

• A) Multilingualism.
• B) Pidgin.
• C) Heteroglossia.
• D) Ergative agent.

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Definitions:

Collective Unconscious

A concept in Jungian psychology referring to the part of the unconscious mind shared among beings of the same species, housing archetypes.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, thereby influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Shaping

Shaping is a method of behavior modification that uses reinforcement strategies to guide a subject towards a desired behavior gradually.

Figure and Ground

A principle in perception that describes how people visually distinguish between an object (the figure) and its background (the ground), emphasizing one over the other.