Author Question: Peirce understood that the meaning of any sign is the sequence of significations that are ... (Read 41 times)

haleyc112 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Peirce understood that the meaning of any sign is the sequence of significations that are
triggered. For example, a fire alarm might cause a person to imagine smoke, fire, and firetrucks.
The alarm might also signify actions to leave a building, and in some cases might elicit
excitement or fear. Peirce called this cascade of associations the:

a. interpretant.
b. signified.
c. index.
d. signifier.

Question 2

In which of the following situations is negative transfer occurring?

a. A student who has used a typewriter for many years discovers that the letters are in the
same places on a computer keyboard.
b. A student who is studying Portuguese finds many similarities in vocabulary and grammar
with the Spanish she already knows.
c. A middle school student has tests in science and language arts this week.
d. After learning to add two fractions by simply adding their numerators, a student begins to
multiply fractions in a similar fashion, getting an incorrect result.