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  • This quiz has been taken 11 times
  • The average score is 3 of 7

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ReferenceStatementPrinciple% Correct
"...in a non-tonal language...than...in a tonal language"The change in frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to observer who is moving relative to the wave source.Doppler Effect
75%
"which you think you're fluent in but aren't."People of low ability have illusory superiority and mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is.Dunning-Kruger Effect
75%
"lifts off and hurtles towards you"An increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.Bernoulli's Principle
50%
"with no word for 'firefighter'" Language determines thought and linguistic categories limit and determine cognitive categories.Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
50%
"on a layer of superheated gas"A liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer keeping that liquid from boiling rapidly.Leidenfrost Effect
25%
"a speeding fire truck"People typically adjust their behavior in response to the perceived level of risk, causing a reduction of predicted benefit from regulations that intend to increase safetyPeltzman Effect
25%
"you'll dive out of the way faster if the driver screams "red!"...than if they scream "green!"When the name of a color is printed in a color which is not denoted by the name, naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors than when the color of the ink matches the name of the color.Stroop Effect
25%

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