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crazycityslicker

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Maria moved to this country several months ago. She has been studying English as a second language but still has much to learn about the language of her new homeland. One day her teacher tells the class, Bring an empty coffee can to school tomorrow for a project we're going to do. Maria hears only two familiar wordscoffee and schooland guesses that her teacher is saying that students should not drink coffee at school. Maria's misinterpretation illustrates which one of the following?
 
  a. Conceptual change
  b. Auditory imagery
  c. Construction in retrieval
  d. Construction in storage

Question 2

A teacher tells his class, For tomorrow's class, read pages 23 to 49 in your geography book. Three of the following students are demonstrating the process of construction in their perceptions of what their teacher has said. Which student is not?
 
  a. Anthony doesn't hear what the teacher says because his mind is on something else.
  b. Bonita thinks the teacher is saying history book.
  c. Christopher hears the teacher say pages 33 to 39 because the student next to him is coughing loudly.
  d. Dena understands the teacher even though the teacher speaks with a slight accent and mispronounces the word geography.



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

a



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