Question 1

Discuss pragmatics and the aspects of it children acquire up to and during the preschool years.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary,but should define prag

Question 2

Case studies of children who were isolated from social contact for protracted periods of time have been used to support the hypothesis that

Accepted Answer

A)  there is a critical period for language acquisition. 
B)  social interaction plays little or no role in language acquisition. 
C)  language learning is influenced primarily by nurture. 
D)  children play an active role in language acquisition. 
A)  there is a critical period for language acquisition. 
B)  social interaction plays little or no role in language acquisition. 
C)  language learning is influenced primarily by nurture. 
D)  children play an active role in language acquisition.

Question 3

At about eighteen months of age,children show a virtual explosion in the acquisition of new words.This explosion is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the nominal dynamic. 
B)  the verbal dynamic explosion. 
C)  early language absorption. 
D)  the vocabulary spurt. 
A)  the nominal dynamic. 
B)  the verbal dynamic explosion. 
C)  early language absorption. 
D)  the vocabulary spurt.

Question 4

Children will often form the correct past tense of a verb shortly before or after using the incorrect past tense of a verb.One explanation for why children overregularize at some times and not others is that

Accepted Answer

A)  children want the attention they receive when being corrected for using the wrong form of a verb. 
B)  children may forget the exception to a general rule for forming tense. 
C)  children are unaware that one form is correct and one is not. 
D)  children who overregularize lack a neurological function necessary for the discrimination of correct and incorrect verb tenses. 
A)  children want the attention they receive when being corrected for using the wrong form of a verb. 
B)  children may forget the exception to a general rule for forming tense. 
C)  children are unaware that one form is correct and one is not. 
D)  children who overregularize lack a neurological function necessary for the discrimination of correct and incorrect verb tenses.

Question 5

Deaf infants who are exposed to sign language

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A)  display no evidence of babbling. 
B)  babble vocally but at a much later stage in development than hearing children. 
C)  display rhythmic hand gestures that parallel babbling,and these gestures appear during the same developmental window of time when hearing infants babble. 
D)  never display any signs of babbling,but often acquire their first one-word hand gestures far earlier than hearing infants usually begin to speak one-word utterances. 
A)  display no evidence of babbling. 
B)  babble vocally but at a much later stage in development than hearing children. 
C)  display rhythmic hand gestures that parallel babbling,and these gestures appear during the same developmental window of time when hearing infants babble. 
D)  never display any signs of babbling,but often acquire their first one-word hand gestures far earlier than hearing infants usually begin to speak one-word utterances.

Question 6

Explain Martin Braine's concept of pivot grammar.

Accepted Answer

Pivot grammar explains childre

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of an overextension error?

Accepted Answer

A)  A child who is unable to reliably grasp objects that are less than an arm's length away 
B)  A child who is more likely to gesture to obtain objects than to use words to obtain objects 
C)  A child who uses the word candy for lollipops only and not for other sweets 
D)  A child who uses the word juice for all drinking cups 
A)  A child who is unable to reliably grasp objects that are less than an arm's length away 
B)  A child who is more likely to gesture to obtain objects than to use words to obtain objects 
C)  A child who uses the word candy for lollipops only and not for other sweets 
D)  A child who uses the word juice for all drinking cups

Question 8

Just before or around the same time children learn to speak,they begin to use gestures to communicate.When a child uses a gesture to call attention to an object or event,that gesture is called

Accepted Answer

A)  protodemonstrative behavior. 
B)  protodeclarative communication. 
C)  protoimperative behavior. 
D)  prototypical communication. 
A)  protodemonstrative behavior. 
B)  protodeclarative communication. 
C)  protoimperative behavior. 
D)  prototypical communication.

Question 9

Compare and contrast the learning and cognitive perspectives of language acquisition with the social interaction perspective.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary,but should discuss tha

Question 10

When children acquire language,they are also acquiring social rules about their culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The words that a child is able to understand comprise his ________ language.

Accepted Answer

A)  referential 
B)  receptive 
C)  productive 
D)  expressive 
A)  referential 
B)  receptive 
C)  productive 
D)  expressive

Question 12

Before young children begin speaking,brain wave activity as they listen to words they comprehend is

Accepted Answer

A)  distributed across many regions of the brain. 
B)  focused in the right hemisphere. 
C)  focused in the left hemisphere. 
D)  similar to the brain wave activity of an adult. 
A)  distributed across many regions of the brain. 
B)  focused in the right hemisphere. 
C)  focused in the left hemisphere. 
D)  similar to the brain wave activity of an adult.

Question 13

Overextension errors occur when a child applies a label to

Accepted Answer

A)  objects that look different. 
B)  objects that have different functions. 
C)  a broader category than the word signifies. 
D)  a narrower class of objects than the term signifies. 
A)  objects that look different. 
B)  objects that have different functions. 
C)  a broader category than the word signifies. 
D)  a narrower class of objects than the term signifies.

Question 14

Beyond five years of age,children begin to show ________,an awareness of their own language abilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  comprehension monitoring 
B)  metalinguistic awareness 
C)  referential style 
D)  fast-mapping 
A)  comprehension monitoring 
B)  metalinguistic awareness 
C)  referential style 
D)  fast-mapping

Question 15

The idea that children derive information about syntax from the meanings of words is called

Accepted Answer

A)  syntactic bootstrapping. 
B)  syntactic pivoting. 
C)  semantic bootstrapping. 
D)  semantic pivoting. 
A)  syntactic bootstrapping. 
B)  syntactic pivoting. 
C)  semantic bootstrapping. 
D)  semantic pivoting.

Question 16

At ten months of age,American children begin to prefer hearing

Accepted Answer

A)  a stream of speech in their native language. 
B)  a stream of speech in a foreign language. 
C)  words with a strong-weak stress pattern. 
D)  unfamiliar,isolated words from their native language. 
A)  a stream of speech in their native language. 
B)  a stream of speech in a foreign language. 
C)  words with a strong-weak stress pattern. 
D)  unfamiliar,isolated words from their native language.

Question 17

In an exchange with her baby,Micah would ask a question and wait for a response from the baby (usually reduplicated babbling).Then Micah would respond to the baby's response,and so on.This type of exchange is called

Accepted Answer

A)  turn taking. 
B)  turn-style communication. 
C)  motherese. 
D)  turnabout. 
A)  turn taking. 
B)  turn-style communication. 
C)  motherese. 
D)  turnabout.

Question 18

Four-year-old James and seven-year-old Timothy were both asked to remember a series of items that they saw in pictures.Which of the following statements regarding James and Timothy is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  James and Timothy are equally likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
B)  Neither James nor Timothy will use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
C)  James is more likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
D)  Timothy is more likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
A)  James and Timothy are equally likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
B)  Neither James nor Timothy will use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
C)  James is more likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items. 
D)  Timothy is more likely to use verbal strategies to remember the items.

Question 19

A preschooler who believes the word cow is a big word and the word caterpillar is a small word suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  he has dyslexia and is unable to read the two words. 
B)  he is underextending the meanings of the two words because he cannot read yet. 
C)  he lacks the metalinguistic awareness required to realize that the length of a word is not necessarily associated with the size of its referent. 
D)  preschoolers are not very good at comprehension monitoring. 
A)  he has dyslexia and is unable to read the two words. 
B)  he is underextending the meanings of the two words because he cannot read yet. 
C)  he lacks the metalinguistic awareness required to realize that the length of a word is not necessarily associated with the size of its referent. 
D)  preschoolers are not very good at comprehension monitoring.

Question 20

The loss of the ability to speak fluently is called Wernicke's aphasia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Discuss pragmatics and the aspects of it children acquire up to and during the preschool years.

Case studies of children who were isolated from social contact for protracted periods of time have been used to support the hypothesis that

At about eighteen months of age,children show a virtual explosion in the acquisition of new words.This explosion is called

Children will often form the correct past tense of a verb shortly before or after using the incorrect past tense of a verb.One explanation for why children overregularize at some times and not others is that

Deaf infants who are exposed to sign language

Explain Martin Braine's concept of pivot grammar.

Which of the following is an example of an overextension error?

Just before or around the same time children learn to speak,they begin to use gestures to communicate.When a child uses a gesture to call attention to an object or event,that gesture is called

Compare and contrast the learning and cognitive perspectives of language acquisition with the social interaction perspective.

When children acquire language,they are also acquiring social rules about their culture.

The words that a child is able to understand comprise his ________ language.

Before young children begin speaking,brain wave activity as they listen to words they comprehend is

Overextension errors occur when a child applies a label to

Beyond five years of age,children begin to show ________,an awareness of their own language abilities.

The idea that children derive information about syntax from the meanings of words is called

At ten months of age,American children begin to prefer hearing

In an exchange with her baby,Micah would ask a question and wait for a response from the baby (usually reduplicated babbling).Then Micah would respond to the baby's response,and so on.This type of exchange is called

Four-year-old James and seven-year-old Timothy were both asked to remember a series of items that they saw in pictures.Which of the following statements regarding James and Timothy is most accurate?

A preschooler who believes the word cow is a big word and the word caterpillar is a small word suggests that

The loss of the ability to speak fluently is called Wernicke's aphasia.

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Exam 7: Language

Discuss pragmatics and the aspects of it children acquire up to and during the preschool years.

Case studies of children who were isolated from social contact for protracted periods of time have been used to support the hypothesis that

At about eighteen months of age,children show a virtual explosion in the acquisition of new words.This explosion is called

Children will often form the correct past tense of a verb shortly before or after using the incorrect past tense of a verb.One explanation for why children overregularize at some times and not others is that

Deaf infants who are exposed to sign language

Explain Martin Braine's concept of pivot grammar.

Which of the following is an example of an overextension error?

Just before or around the same time children learn to speak,they begin to use gestures to communicate.When a child uses a gesture to call attention to an object or event,that gesture is called

Compare and contrast the learning and cognitive perspectives of language acquisition with the social interaction perspective.

When children acquire language,they are also acquiring social rules about their culture.

The words that a child is able to understand comprise his ________ language.

Before young children begin speaking,brain wave activity as they listen to words they comprehend is

Overextension errors occur when a child applies a label to

Beyond five years of age,children begin to show ________,an awareness of their own language abilities.

The idea that children derive information about syntax from the meanings of words is called

At ten months of age,American children begin to prefer hearing

In an exchange with her baby,Micah would ask a question and wait for a response from the baby (usually reduplicated babbling).Then Micah would respond to the baby's response,and so on.This type of exchange is called

Four-year-old James and seven-year-old Timothy were both asked to remember a series of items that they saw in pictures.Which of the following statements regarding James and Timothy is most accurate?

A preschooler who believes the word cow is a big word and the word caterpillar is a small word suggests that

The loss of the ability to speak fluently is called Wernicke's aphasia.

Themes and Theories

Studying Child Development

Genetics and Heredity

The Prenatal Period and Birth

Brain, Motor Skill, and Physical Development

Basic Learning and Perception

Cognition

Social Cognition

Achievement

Emotion

Self and Values

Gender

The Family

Peers

Beyond Family and Peers

Filters