In the English Language, the Word Blue Can Refer to a Color

question 32

Multiple Choice

In the English language, the word blue can refer to a color or a state of feeling melancholy. The word blue can be characterized as having which trait?

• A) polysemy
• B) coordination
• C) symbolic meaning
• D) social agreement

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Definitions:

Declarative Memory

The subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in the form of images and then declared or stated; also called explicit memory.

Episodic Memory

A type of long-term memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations, and experiences.

Semantic Memory

The type of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, or objective facts and information.

Retrieval Cues

Stimuli or signals that can trigger the recall of information stored in the memory.