Which of the following statements is true about the processing of emotional content in language?
a) Abstract words with emotional content are processed faster than neutral words
b) Abstract words with emotional content are processed faster than concrete words.
c) Abstract words generally have very little emotional content and are therefore processed more slowly than concrete words.
d) Abstract words to not activate embodied cognition and are processed more slowly than concrete words.
Question 2The following citation would be quoted in an APA-formatted paper as ______: The winds blew heavily as the birds began to sing and the crickets started to chirp.
a) encased in double quotation mark
b) encased in single quotation marks
c) block indented from the left margin
d) block indented from the right margin
Question 3A teenager sneaks out at night and the next morning is confronted by his angry mother. The boy denies his guilt in a confused tone, but his mother immediately knows he is lying.
Which of the following statements characterizes the cognitive aspects of language in this situation?
a) The boy's prosody is correct but his mother is still able to detect his lack of genuineness
b) The mother is able to detect the mismatch between the boy's prosody and the contents of his speech.
c) The mother is not sensitive to the boy's prosody because she is angry.
d) The boy is unable to use correct prosody because he is nervous.
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