Author Question: Rather than deliberate manipulations based on direct and second-order theories, conversational ... (Read 34 times)

sarasara · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Rather than deliberate manipulations based on direct and second-order theories, conversational utterances are largely based on __________.

a. conventional analysis
b. egocentric perspectives
c. availability bias
d. cognitive resource maintenance

Question 2

In Keysar's investigations of conversations, __________.

a. kids, but not adults, show egocentric utterances (expecting others to know what we know and failing to take the others' knowledge into perspective)
b. adults initially planned utterances are egocentric (ambiguous or difficult for the listener to comprehend)
c. adults effectively repair almost all egocentricities in their initial utterance
d. our speech is almost entirely driven by our direct and second-order theories