Exam 9: Language Development

When baby Madeline drops her teddy bear out of her crib, she reaches toward it and whimpers, prompting her mother to pick up the bear and hand it to her. This is an example of a __________ gesture.

Nicholas is a bilingual child who sometimes produces an utterance in one language that contains one or more "guest" words from the other. Nicholas is engaging in

Gina said, "My toy breaked," and her mother replied, "Yes, you broke your toy." Her mother's response is an example of

Recent research shows that Wernicke's area

Social interactionists believe that children's __________ language development.

Which of the following questions is most likely to appear first in a young child's speech?

Physiological research on Chomsky's notion of a brain prepared to process language indicates that

Enrique tells Jimmy that soccer is his favorite sport. Jimmy responds, "I like soccer, too. What's your favorite position?" Jimmy's response is an example of

Mr. Chidie chases his 2-year-old son, Fana, saying, "I'm going to geech you!" When he catches Fana, he tickles him. Fana replies, "Geech, Daddy, geech!" in an attempt to receive another tickle. Fana's connection of the term "geech" with tickling is an example of

Preschoolers' __________ is/are partly responsible for their restricted narratives.

Two-year-old Jenna is taught nonsense words for a noun (pling for a soft, cuddly puppet) and a verb (dass for a rocking motion). Jenna is likely to

To distinguish between sounds such as "la" and "ra," adults

Among the theories of how grammatical development takes place, one holds that children have a special language-making capacity

Research suggests that a child with good phonological memory

The most influential information-processing theories of language development are derived from research with

Jadzia is a young child with Williams syndrome. Recent evidence indicates that Jadzia will

Which of the following statements may explain why newborns are especially sensitive to their mother's voice and their native tongue?

Which of the following statements is supported by research on early word learning?

Sara always says "please" and "thank you" in front of her grandmother, but not always when she is with her friends. This represents Sara's sensitivity to

Four-year-old Lacy asks her mother, "What's that?" Her mother replies, "It's an ice-cream maker." Lacy says, "No, you're the ice-cream maker and that's an ice-cream make." Lacy's remarks illustrate