Lionel's Ability to Wait Until After Dinner to Ask for a Cookie,instead

question 81

Multiple Choice

Lionel's ability to wait until after dinner to ask for a cookie,instead of just grabbing one the minute they were ready,is an example of his improved

• A) executive functioning.
• B) diet.
• C) physical development.
• D) conservation skills.

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Definitions:

Surface Structures

The outward appearance or organization of something, especially in linguistics where it refers to the specific syntax or wording of a sentence.

Transformational Grammar

A theory of grammar that focuses on how sentences can be transformed into other sentences through the application of rules.

Deep Structure

In linguistics, the underlying syntactic structure or meaning of a sentence, as opposed to its surface structure or actual spoken form.

Surface Structure

A concept in linguistics referring to the outward form of a sentence, as opposed to the deeper meaning or abstract structural representation (deep structure).