According to the introduction to Chapter 12, which of the following students provides the most accurate statement about deductive reasoning and decision making?
a. Esther: Deductive reasoning is included in the general category of thinking, but decision making is not.
b. Anteus: In deductive reasoning, you receive all the information that is necessary to draw a conclusion, but in decision making, some of the information is missing or unclear.
c. Dave: In both deductive reasoning and decision making, you will reach a correct conclusion, as long as you follow the formal rules.
d. Susan: In your everyday experiences, you encounter more examples of deductive reasoning than examples of decision making.
Question 2
The in-depth section in Chapter 10 examines the relationship between age of acquisition and ability to learn a second language. Before we can draw conclusions about this topic, which of the following questions needs further attention?
a. Do the same findings hold true when the second language is something other than English?
b. Are children and adults equally skilled in learning vocabulary words in their new language?
c. Do the results on grammar hold true when a younger group and an older group have similar formal training in the English language?
d. Does age of acquisition have a significant effect on phonology in a second language?
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