Question 1

Adults rarely achieve full fluency of a second language unless it is acquired as a child.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Language development continues into adolescence,even though the basic elements have been mastered by approximately six years of age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

With increasing language experience,overregularisation errors decrease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The period of 'vocabulary explosion' ends at approximately six years of age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Phonemic awareness is an early reading skill and is a crucial part of the reading process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A rising tone at the end of a statement indicates it is a question.This use of tone to change the meaning is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  inflection 
B)  intonation 
C)  morphemes 
D)  production 
A)  inflection 
B)  intonation 
C)  morphemes 
D)  production

Question 7

Research findings suggest that infants are born with an ability to perceive the sounds of any human language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The characteristic rhythm,tempo and intonation patterns of a spoken language are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  phonology 
B)  pragmatics 
C)  inflection 
D)  prosody 
A)  phonology 
B)  pragmatics 
C)  inflection 
D)  prosody

Question 9

Young children learn grammar at a rapid rate partly because their parents often give them explicit instructions regarding grammatical rules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Children can learn concepts before they have acquired labels for those concepts.This finding demonstrates:

Accepted Answer

A)  support for a strong version of the Whorfian hypothesis 
B)  that a weak version of the Whorfian hypothesis is implausible 
C)  that you cannot think about a concept before you have a word for it 
D)  that our language does not entirely determine the way we think about the world 
A)  support for a strong version of the Whorfian hypothesis 
B)  that a weak version of the Whorfian hypothesis is implausible 
C)  that you cannot think about a concept before you have a word for it 
D)  that our language does not entirely determine the way we think about the world

Question 11

Compare and contrast the nativist approach to other approaches of language development.

Accepted Answer

The nativist approach to language develo

Question 12

Dysfluent and halting speech that lacks grammatical structure and inflections is characteristic of those with damage to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  Prefrontal cortex 
D)  Broca's area 
A)  the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex 
B)  Wernicke's area 
C)  Prefrontal cortex 
D)  Broca's area

Question 13

Child-directed speech (CDS)assists language acquisition in the following way(s):

Accepted Answer

A)  it helps infants make important speech discriminations 
B)  it increases the chance that the infant will pay attention to the adult 
C)  it helps facilitate speech segmentation and discrimination between vowel sounds 
D)  all of these answers are correct 
A)  it helps infants make important speech discriminations 
B)  it increases the chance that the infant will pay attention to the adult 
C)  it helps facilitate speech segmentation and discrimination between vowel sounds 
D)  all of these answers are correct

Adults rarely achieve full fluency of a second language unless it is acquired as a child.

Language development continues into adolescence,even though the basic elements have been mastered by approximately six years of age.

With increasing language experience,overregularisation errors decrease.

The period of 'vocabulary explosion' ends at approximately six years of age.

Phonemic awareness is an early reading skill and is a crucial part of the reading process.

A rising tone at the end of a statement indicates it is a question.This use of tone to change the meaning is called:

Research findings suggest that infants are born with an ability to perceive the sounds of any human language.

The characteristic rhythm,tempo and intonation patterns of a spoken language are referred to as:

Young children learn grammar at a rapid rate partly because their parents often give them explicit instructions regarding grammatical rules.

Children can learn concepts before they have acquired labels for those concepts.This finding demonstrates:

Compare and contrast the nativist approach to other approaches of language development.

Dysfluent and halting speech that lacks grammatical structure and inflections is characteristic of those with damage to:

Child-directed speech (CDS)assists language acquisition in the following way(s):

Introduction to developmental psychology

Foundations of development: Genetics and prenatal development

Physical and motor development

Perceptual development

Stages of cognitive development

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Exam 7: Language development

Adults rarely achieve full fluency of a second language unless it is acquired as a child.

Language development continues into adolescence,even though the basic elements have been mastered by approximately six years of age.

With increasing language experience,overregularisation errors decrease.

The period of 'vocabulary explosion' ends at approximately six years of age.

Phonemic awareness is an early reading skill and is a crucial part of the reading process.

A rising tone at the end of a statement indicates it is a question.This use of tone to change the meaning is called:

Research findings suggest that infants are born with an ability to perceive the sounds of any human language.

The characteristic rhythm,tempo and intonation patterns of a spoken language are referred to as:

Young children learn grammar at a rapid rate partly because their parents often give them explicit instructions regarding grammatical rules.

Children can learn concepts before they have acquired labels for those concepts.This finding demonstrates:

Compare and contrast the nativist approach to other approaches of language development.

Dysfluent and halting speech that lacks grammatical structure and inflections is characteristic of those with damage to:

Child-directed speech (CDS)assists language acquisition in the following way(s):

Introduction to developmental psychology

Foundations of development: Genetics and prenatal development

Physical and motor development

Perceptual development

Stages of cognitive development

Cognitive development II

Personality development

Social development

Emotional development

Model development

Psychological problems and development

Conclusions

Filters