"If You're a Monkey, Then You're Not Also a Cow

question 45

Multiple Choice

"If you're a monkey, then you're not also a cow." This statement illustrates the ____ constraint on word meanings.

• A)taxonomic
• B)object scope
• C)lexical contrast
• D)mutual exclusivity

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Definitions:

Autobiographical Memory

Refers to a person's memory of specific episodes or events from their own life, often containing emotional and contextual details.

Ebbinghaus

Refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory and discovered the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

Information Forgotten

The loss of the ability to recall or recognize information that was previously learned or experienced.

Nonsense Syllables

Combinations of letters that do not form actual words, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning.