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.
Photo of a sign taken at an emissions test facility.
A palindromic DNA Sequence
Psoas sign
Sign Language
Annotation of a DNA sequence containing part of the human beta globin gene
Both Chvostek sign, A, and Trousseau sign, when positive, B