Question 1

Ninio's (1980) study of ostensive definitions in vocabulary learning found that the overwhelming percentage referred to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the most salient part of the object 
B)  an action 
C)  a whole object, rather than a part of the object 
D)  all of the above 
A)  the most salient part of the object 
B)  an action 
C)  a whole object, rather than a part of the object 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

A child who says baba for basket is illustrating:

Accepted Answer

A)  reduction 
B)  coalescence 
C)  assimilation 
D)  reduplication 
A)  reduction 
B)  coalescence 
C)  assimilation 
D)  reduplication

Question 3

MLU is an index of language progress that

Accepted Answer

A)  captures a child's ability to produce grammatical sentences 
B)  captures a child's ability to produce the phonemes of their language sentences 
C)  captures a child's ability to combine idiomorphs in a productive manner 
D)  captures a child's ability to combine morphemes in a productive manner. 
A)  captures a child's ability to produce grammatical sentences 
B)  captures a child's ability to produce the phonemes of their language sentences 
C)  captures a child's ability to combine idiomorphs in a productive manner 
D)  captures a child's ability to combine morphemes in a productive manner.

Question 4

The developmental process of assigning words to word classes is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  fast mapping 
B)  categorical perception 
C)  ostensive definition 
D)  referential learning 
A)  fast mapping 
B)  categorical perception 
C)  ostensive definition 
D)  referential learning

Question 5

Slobin (1985)'s term __________ refers to his observation that children raised anywhere in the world undergo the same early stages of grammatical development.

Accepted Answer

A)  semantic bootstrapping 
B)  basic child grammar 
C)  fast-mapping 
D)  expressive strategy 
A)  semantic bootstrapping 
B)  basic child grammar 
C)  fast-mapping 
D)  expressive strategy

Question 6

According to the text, true communication rests on an understanding of the concept of:

Accepted Answer

A)  communicative intent 
B)  sensorimotor functioning 
C)  secondary circular reactions 
D)  given and new information 
A)  communicative intent 
B)  sensorimotor functioning 
C)  secondary circular reactions 
D)  given and new information

Question 7

A child's communicative act that involves the use of adults as a means to obtain objects is a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  declarative 
B)  performative 
C)  request 
D)  assertion 
A)  declarative 
B)  performative 
C)  request 
D)  assertion

Question 8

According to Carey (1978) by age six, children typically have acquired approximately:

Accepted Answer

A)  1,400 words 
B)  4,000 words 
C)  14,000 words 
D)  40,000 words 
A)  1,400 words 
B)  4,000 words 
C)  14,000 words 
D)  40,000 words

Question 9

Bates, Camaioni, and Volterra (1975) observed that 9-month-old Carlotta began looking into her mother's face when taking an object from her. Bates et al interpreted this to mean that Carlotta had:

Accepted Answer

A)  learned that looking at an adult can be part of a request 
B)  learned how to be defiant 
C)  discovered that she didn't have to say please 
D)  understood that her mother would be upset at having an object taken from her 
A)  learned that looking at an adult can be part of a request 
B)  learned how to be defiant 
C)  discovered that she didn't have to say please 
D)  understood that her mother would be upset at having an object taken from her

Question 10

According to Piaget, infants' behavior becomes purposeful (i.e., goal-directed) at around:

Accepted Answer

A)  12 months of age 
B)  8 months of age 
C)  4 months of age 
D)  2 months of age 
A)  12 months of age 
B)  8 months of age 
C)  4 months of age 
D)  2 months of age

Question 11

Which of the following reflects the sequence of children's early vocalizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  crying, babbling, assimilation, cooing 
B)  babbling, cooing, coalescence, ideomorphs 
C)  cooing, babbling, idiomorphs, holophrases 
D)  cooing, babbling, holophrases, assimilation 
A)  crying, babbling, assimilation, cooing 
B)  babbling, cooing, coalescence, ideomorphs 
C)  cooing, babbling, idiomorphs, holophrases 
D)  cooing, babbling, holophrases, assimilation

Question 12

Roger Brown's (1958) Original Word game can go wrong because:

Accepted Answer

A)  more than one word can apply to a referent, and one word can apply to several referents 
B)  caregivers typically name superordinate or subordinate terms, rather than basic-level terms, when speaking to children 
C)  some objects do not have obvious basic-level terms 
D)  caregivers tend to refer to a part of an object rather than the whole. 
A)  more than one word can apply to a referent, and one word can apply to several referents 
B)  caregivers typically name superordinate or subordinate terms, rather than basic-level terms, when speaking to children 
C)  some objects do not have obvious basic-level terms 
D)  caregivers tend to refer to a part of an object rather than the whole.

Question 13

Semantic bootstrapping refers to children's

Accepted Answer

A)  preference for putting certain words in specific positions in a sentence 
B)  use of their knowledge of semantic relations to learn syntactic relations 
C)  understanding that either agents and objects can be the subjects of sentences 
D)  understanding that subjects are typically followed by predicates 
A)  preference for putting certain words in specific positions in a sentence 
B)  use of their knowledge of semantic relations to learn syntactic relations 
C)  understanding that either agents and objects can be the subjects of sentences 
D)  understanding that subjects are typically followed by predicates

Question 14

Which relation is the earliest to occur in one-word speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  object 
B)  possessor 
C)  location 
D)  naming 
A)  object 
B)  possessor 
C)  location 
D)  naming

Question 15

A young child is thought to be displaying communicative intent if, after waiting unsuccessfully for an adult's attention, she:

Accepted Answer

A)  crawls away crying 
B)  crawls away without crying 
C)  rapidly switches focus from one object to another 
D)  persists in demonstrating attention-getting behaviors such as tugging or pointing 
A)  crawls away crying 
B)  crawls away without crying 
C)  rapidly switches focus from one object to another 
D)  persists in demonstrating attention-getting behaviors such as tugging or pointing

Question 16

Shatz (1978) examined how young children responded to complex questions (e.g., Do you want to put the dog in the car?) and simple imperatives (e.g., Put the dog in the car). Shatz found that children:

Accepted Answer

A)  made more correct responses to simple imperatives than to complex questions 
B)  did not comprehend either questions or imperatives 
C)  comprehended questions and imperatives equally well 
D)  tended to make action responses to both questions and imperatives 
A)  made more correct responses to simple imperatives than to complex questions 
B)  did not comprehend either questions or imperatives 
C)  comprehended questions and imperatives equally well 
D)  tended to make action responses to both questions and imperatives

Question 17

The one-word stage starts at approximately:

Accepted Answer

A)  2 years old 
B)  1 year old 
C)  6 months old 
D)  3 months old 
A)  2 years old 
B)  1 year old 
C)  6 months old 
D)  3 months old

Question 18

Overextensions can be based on _____ similarity.

Accepted Answer

A)  functional, phonological, or random 
B)  functional, perceptual, or affective 
C)  syntactic, semantic, and phonological 
D)  syntactic, semantic, and affective, 
A)  functional, phonological, or random 
B)  functional, perceptual, or affective 
C)  syntactic, semantic, and phonological 
D)  syntactic, semantic, and affective,

Question 19

Lasky, Syrdal-Lasky, and Klein (1975) presented Guatemalan infants from 4 to 6.5 months with VOT contrasts corresponding to English, Thai, and Spanish phonemes. They found that the infants distinguished:

Accepted Answer

A)  the English and Thai phonemes, but not the Spanish phonemes 
B)  the Spanish phonemes, but not the English or Thai phonemes 
C)  the Spanish and Thai phonemes, but not the English phonemes 
D)  the Spanish, English, and Thai phonemes 
A)  the English and Thai phonemes, but not the Spanish phonemes 
B)  the Spanish phonemes, but not the English or Thai phonemes 
C)  the Spanish and Thai phonemes, but not the English phonemes 
D)  the Spanish, English, and Thai phonemes

Question 20

A single-word utterance that is used by children to express more than the meaning attributed to that single word by adults is called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  holophrase 
B)  overextension 
C)  semantic relation 
D)  deictic utterance 
A)  holophrase 
B)  overextension 
C)  semantic relation 
D)  deictic utterance

Ninio's (1980) study of ostensive definitions in vocabulary learning found that the overwhelming percentage referred to:

A child who says baba for basket is illustrating:

MLU is an index of language progress that

The developmental process of assigning words to word classes is called:

Slobin (1985)'s term __________ refers to his observation that children raised anywhere in the world undergo the same early stages of grammatical development.

According to the text, true communication rests on an understanding of the concept of:

A child's communicative act that involves the use of adults as a means to obtain objects is a(n):

According to Carey (1978) by age six, children typically have acquired approximately:

Bates, Camaioni, and Volterra (1975) observed that 9-month-old Carlotta began looking into her mother's face when taking an object from her. Bates et al interpreted this to mean that Carlotta had:

According to Piaget, infants' behavior becomes purposeful (i.e., goal-directed) at around:

Which of the following reflects the sequence of children's early vocalizations?

Roger Brown's (1958) Original Word game can go wrong because:

Semantic bootstrapping refers to children's

Which relation is the earliest to occur in one-word speech?

A young child is thought to be displaying communicative intent if, after waiting unsuccessfully for an adult's attention, she:

Shatz (1978) examined how young children responded to complex questions (e.g., Do you want to put the dog in the car?) and simple imperatives (e.g., Put the dog in the car). Shatz found that children:

The one-word stage starts at approximately:

Overextensions can be based on _____ similarity.

Lasky, Syrdal-Lasky, and Klein (1975) presented Guatemalan infants from 4 to 6.5 months with VOT contrasts corresponding to English, Thai, and Spanish phonemes. They found that the infants distinguished:

A single-word utterance that is used by children to express more than the meaning attributed to that single word by adults is called a(n):

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Exam 10: Early Language Acquisition

Ninio's (1980) study of ostensive definitions in vocabulary learning found that the overwhelming percentage referred to:

A child who says baba for basket is illustrating:

MLU is an index of language progress that

The developmental process of assigning words to word classes is called:

Slobin (1985)'s term __________ refers to his observation that children raised anywhere in the world undergo the same early stages of grammatical development.

According to the text, true communication rests on an understanding of the concept of:

A child's communicative act that involves the use of adults as a means to obtain objects is a(n):

According to Carey (1978) by age six, children typically have acquired approximately:

Bates, Camaioni, and Volterra (1975) observed that 9-month-old Carlotta began looking into her mother's face when taking an object from her. Bates et al interpreted this to mean that Carlotta had:

According to Piaget, infants' behavior becomes purposeful (i.e., goal-directed) at around:

Which of the following reflects the sequence of children's early vocalizations?

Roger Brown's (1958) Original Word game can go wrong because:

Semantic bootstrapping refers to children's

Which relation is the earliest to occur in one-word speech?

A young child is thought to be displaying communicative intent if, after waiting unsuccessfully for an adult's attention, she:

Shatz (1978) examined how young children responded to complex questions (e.g., Do you want to put the dog in the car?) and simple imperatives (e.g., Put the dog in the car). Shatz found that children:

The one-word stage starts at approximately:

Overextensions can be based on _____ similarity.

Lasky, Syrdal-Lasky, and Klein (1975) presented Guatemalan infants from 4 to 6.5 months with VOT contrasts corresponding to English, Thai, and Spanish phonemes. They found that the infants distinguished:

A single-word utterance that is used by children to express more than the meaning attributed to that single word by adults is called a(n):

Introduction-Themes of Psycholinguistics

Linguistic Principle

Psychological Mechanisms

Perception of Language

The Internal Lexicon

Sentence Comprehension and Memory

Discourse Comprehension and Memory

Production of Speech and Language

Conversational Interaction

Later Language Acquisition

Processes of Language Acquisition

Biological Foundations of Language

Language, Culture, and Cognition

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