Question 1

An interactionist view of language emphasizes that

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A)  biology is primarily responsible for language development. 
B)  environmental factors primarily determine language development. 
C)  both biology and experience contribute to language development. 
D)  LAD primarily determines language development. 
A)  biology is primarily responsible for language development. 
B)  environmental factors primarily determine language development. 
C)  both biology and experience contribute to language development. 
D)  LAD primarily determines language development.

Question 2

Research on the ability of infants to understand words indicates that infants

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A)  understand words only after they can produce them. 
B)  do not understand words until around 13 months of age. 
C)  understand words well before they can produce them. 
D)  start to understand words well before 3 months of age. 
A)  understand words only after they can produce them. 
B)  do not understand words until around 13 months of age. 
C)  understand words well before they can produce them. 
D)  start to understand words well before 3 months of age.

Question 3

Cecilia begins teaching children to read by having them learn to make sounds that go with each letter of the alphabet. Which language approach is Cecilia taking?

Accepted Answer

A)  whole-language 
B)  phonics 
C)  information-processing 
D)  underextension 
A)  whole-language 
B)  phonics 
C)  information-processing 
D)  underextension

Question 4

Research about the ability of infants to distinguish human speech sounds indicates that

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A)  young infants are capable of distinguishing only the sounds they hear in their native language. 
B)  the ability to distinguish all speech sounds increases as infants grow older through the first year. 
C)  infants are able to differentiate sound differences in their own language in the first half of the first year, and sound differences in other languages in the second half of the first year. 
D)  infants are able to differentiate sound differences in languages other than their own in the first half of the first year, and lose this ability in the second half of the first year. 
A)  young infants are capable of distinguishing only the sounds they hear in their native language. 
B)  the ability to distinguish all speech sounds increases as infants grow older through the first year. 
C)  infants are able to differentiate sound differences in their own language in the first half of the first year, and sound differences in other languages in the second half of the first year. 
D)  infants are able to differentiate sound differences in languages other than their own in the first half of the first year, and lose this ability in the second half of the first year.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a reason that adolescents tend to be better writers than younger children?

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A)  They are better at organizing ideas before writing. 
B)  They can distinguish between general and specific points. 
C)  They are better at stringing together sentences that make sense. 
D)  They have reached the peak level of their vocabulary development. 
A)  They are better at organizing ideas before writing. 
B)  They can distinguish between general and specific points. 
C)  They are better at stringing together sentences that make sense. 
D)  They have reached the peak level of their vocabulary development.

Question 6

Aman's son is looking at pictures in a book. Aman asks his son to name the objects he sees. Aman is teaching language by practicing

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A)  labeling. 
B)  expanding. 
C)  recasting. 
D)  child-directed speech. 
A)  labeling. 
B)  expanding. 
C)  recasting. 
D)  child-directed speech.

Question 7

The Wild Boy of Aveyron was most likely not able to learn to communicate with language effectively because

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A)  he did not have the LAD needed to learn language. 
B)  he refused to communicate with other people. 
C)  he had not lived in an environment that exposed him to normal human language before he was found. 
D)  he had brain deficiencies in Broca's area at birth. 
A)  he did not have the LAD needed to learn language. 
B)  he refused to communicate with other people. 
C)  he had not lived in an environment that exposed him to normal human language before he was found. 
D)  he had brain deficiencies in Broca's area at birth.

Question 8

When is the easiest time to learn a second language?

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A)  early childhood 
B)  late childhood 
C)  adolescence 
D)  variable across different language systems 
A)  early childhood 
B)  late childhood 
C)  adolescence 
D)  variable across different language systems

Question 9

Language is a form of communication-spoken, written, or signed-that is based on a system of

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A)  words. 
B)  ideas. 
C)  symbols. 
D)  sounds. 
A)  words. 
B)  ideas. 
C)  symbols. 
D)  sounds.

An interactionist view of language emphasizes that

Research on the ability of infants to understand words indicates that infants

Cecilia begins teaching children to read by having them learn to make sounds that go with each letter of the alphabet. Which language approach is Cecilia taking?

Research about the ability of infants to distinguish human speech sounds indicates that

Which of the following is NOT a reason that adolescents tend to be better writers than younger children?

Aman's son is looking at pictures in a book. Aman asks his son to name the objects he sees. Aman is teaching language by practicing

The Wild Boy of Aveyron was most likely not able to learn to communicate with language effectively because

When is the easiest time to learn a second language?

Language is a form of communication-spoken, written, or signed-that is based on a system of

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Exam 9: Language Development

An interactionist view of language emphasizes that

Research on the ability of infants to understand words indicates that infants

Cecilia begins teaching children to read by having them learn to make sounds that go with each letter of the alphabet. Which language approach is Cecilia taking?

Research about the ability of infants to distinguish human speech sounds indicates that

Which of the following is NOT a reason that adolescents tend to be better writers than younger children?

Aman's son is looking at pictures in a book. Aman asks his son to name the objects he sees. Aman is teaching language by practicing

The Wild Boy of Aveyron was most likely not able to learn to communicate with language effectively because

When is the easiest time to learn a second language?

Language is a form of communication-spoken, written, or signed-that is based on a system of

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical Development and Biological Aging

Health

Motor, Sensory, and Perceptual Development

Cognitive Developmental Approaches

Information Processing

Intelligence

Emotional Development and Attachment

The Self, Identity, and Personality

Gender and Sexuality

Moral Development, Values, and Religion

Families, Lifestyles, and Parenting

Peers and the Sociocultural World

Schools, Achievement, and Work

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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