Question 1

____________ constitutes evidence to a child that a particular utterance is ungrammatical.

Accepted Answer

A)  Deduction 
B)  Induction 
C)  Positive evidence 
D)  Negative evidence 
A)  Deduction 
B)  Induction 
C)  Positive evidence 
D)  Negative evidence

Question 2

Nativists argue that negative evidence about ungrammatical sentences:

Accepted Answer

A)  helps children attain the grammar of their native language 
B)  is, in general, not available 
C)  is provided by parents to aid their children's language acquisition 
D)  occurs when children are exposed to an utterance that is not corrected 
A)  helps children attain the grammar of their native language 
B)  is, in general, not available 
C)  is provided by parents to aid their children's language acquisition 
D)  occurs when children are exposed to an utterance that is not corrected

Question 3

When children encounter a new word, they usually assume that it refers to the entire object rather than to part of the object. This is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  mutual exclusivity bias 
B)  sensorimotor bias 
C)  whole object bias 
D)  taxonomic bias 
A)  mutual exclusivity bias 
B)  sensorimotor bias 
C)  whole object bias 
D)  taxonomic bias

Question 4

Homesign, studied by Goldin-Meadow and others, is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  a fully developed signed language 
B)  a pidgin 
C)  a creole 
D)  a dialect 
A)  a fully developed signed language 
B)  a pidgin 
C)  a creole 
D)  a dialect

Question 5

Children's first use of negative sentences reflects which operating principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  pay attention to the ends of words 
B)  avoid exceptions 
C)  avoid interruptions or rearrangement of linguistic units 
D)  pay attention to the order of words and morphemes 
A)  pay attention to the ends of words 
B)  avoid exceptions 
C)  avoid interruptions or rearrangement of linguistic units 
D)  pay attention to the order of words and morphemes

Question 6

The effects of motherese on children's syntactic development seems most clear in the child's acquisition of:

Accepted Answer

A)  negation 
B)  verb auxiliaries 
C)  pronouns 
D)  definite articles 
A)  negation 
B)  verb auxiliaries 
C)  pronouns 
D)  definite articles

Question 7

In Chomsky's view (1981), a noun is the most essential component of a noun phrase, and is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the induction 
B)  the subset 
C)  the head parameter 
D)  the default 
A)  the induction 
B)  the subset 
C)  the head parameter 
D)  the default

Question 8

Bickerton's language bioprogram hypothesis:

Accepted Answer

A)  suggests that children are born with a backup linguistic system 
B)  cannot explain reports of congenitally deaf children who formed their own gestural system of communication 
C)  does not apply when the child's adult linguistic input is limited 
D)  says that we need to look beyond cognitive factors to explain language development 
A)  suggests that children are born with a backup linguistic system 
B)  cannot explain reports of congenitally deaf children who formed their own gestural system of communication 
C)  does not apply when the child's adult linguistic input is limited 
D)  says that we need to look beyond cognitive factors to explain language development

Question 9

Early exposure is _________ condition for normal language development.

Accepted Answer

A)  a necessary and sufficient 
B)  neither necessary nor sufficient 
C)  a sufficient 
D)  a necessary but not a sufficient 
A)  a necessary and sufficient 
B)  neither necessary nor sufficient 
C)  a sufficient 
D)  a necessary but not a sufficient

Question 10

Bickerton's (1984) preemption principle stated that when ______________, the language bipogram was suppressed.

Accepted Answer

A)  children were exposed to a second language 
B)  children had a sufficient amount of normal linguistic input 
C)  children were born deaf 
D)  chidren were linguistically deprived during the critical period 
A)  children were exposed to a second language 
B)  children had a sufficient amount of normal linguistic input 
C)  children were born deaf 
D)  chidren were linguistically deprived during the critical period

Question 11

In Johnston and Slobin's (1979) waiting room metaphor, the entry door represents the:

Accepted Answer

A)  child's cognitive development 
B)  transition from infancy to toddlerhood 
C)  the lag between conceptualizing and expressing a concept 
D)  acquisition of the appropriate linguistic form 
A)  child's cognitive development 
B)  transition from infancy to toddlerhood 
C)  the lag between conceptualizing and expressing a concept 
D)  acquisition of the appropriate linguistic form

Question 12

When children reject a second name for an object whose name they already know, they are using the:

Accepted Answer

A)  mutual exclusivity bias 
B)  sensorimotor bias 
C)  whole object bias 
D)  taxonomic bias 
A)  mutual exclusivity bias 
B)  sensorimotor bias 
C)  whole object bias 
D)  taxonomic bias

____________ constitutes evidence to a child that a particular utterance is ungrammatical.

Nativists argue that negative evidence about ungrammatical sentences:

When children encounter a new word, they usually assume that it refers to the entire object rather than to part of the object. This is called the:

Homesign, studied by Goldin-Meadow and others, is an example of:

Children's first use of negative sentences reflects which operating principle?

The effects of motherese on children's syntactic development seems most clear in the child's acquisition of:

In Chomsky's view (1981), a noun is the most essential component of a noun phrase, and is referred to as:

Bickerton's language bioprogram hypothesis:

Early exposure is _________ condition for normal language development.

Bickerton's (1984) preemption principle stated that when ______________, the language bipogram was suppressed.

In Johnston and Slobin's (1979) waiting room metaphor, the entry door represents the:

When children reject a second name for an object whose name they already know, they are using the:

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

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Biological Foundations of Language

Language, Culture, and Cognition

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Exam 12: Processes of Language Acquisition

____________ constitutes evidence to a child that a particular utterance is ungrammatical.

Nativists argue that negative evidence about ungrammatical sentences:

When children encounter a new word, they usually assume that it refers to the entire object rather than to part of the object. This is called the:

Homesign, studied by Goldin-Meadow and others, is an example of:

Children's first use of negative sentences reflects which operating principle?

The effects of motherese on children's syntactic development seems most clear in the child's acquisition of:

In Chomsky's view (1981), a noun is the most essential component of a noun phrase, and is referred to as:

Bickerton's language bioprogram hypothesis:

Early exposure is _________ condition for normal language development.

Bickerton's (1984) preemption principle stated that when ______________, the language bipogram was suppressed.

In Johnston and Slobin's (1979) waiting room metaphor, the entry door represents the:

When children reject a second name for an object whose name they already know, they are using the:

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

Early Language Acquisition

Later Language Acquisition

Biological Foundations of Language

Language, Culture, and Cognition

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