Exam 7: Language Acquisition

A development psychologist who believes that primarily "nature" accounts for language acquisition would say that:

Bruner used the term language acquisition support system (LASS) to:

A child's new potential for creating meaning by varying the arrangement of linguistic elements marks the birth of:

All of the following are common features of African American narratives EXCEPT:

Children's vocabulary acquisition proceeds with a predictable and steady climb throughout the first 5 years of life.

Biological explanations liken language acquisition to the maturation of the body.

The remarkable ability that children demonstrate in their ability to understand and use language is due primarily to:

The pragmatic use of language refers to the:

The rules of a given language are called grammar.

The process of using grammar to learn the meaning of new words is known as:

When her father asks, "Did you remember to wash your hands?" 2-year-old Tamika runs to the kitchen sink and begins to wash her hands. This example suggests that Tamika:

The term morpheme:

A development psychologist who believes that "nurture" primarily accounts for language acquisition would say that:

At what age would a parent expect the rate of children's vocabulary acquisition to increase dramatically?

Baby Claire is in her crib when her mother hears her vocalize "babababababa." What is Claire doing?

Which picture would Warren, a 2-year-old, MOST likely select when presented with a sentence such as "Big Bird is daxing Cookie Monster"?

Baby Claire is in her crib when her mother hears her vocalize "babababababa" for the first time. How old is Claire likely to be?

Elizabeth Bates and her colleagues believe that the acquisition of grammar is primarily:

Children begin to produce comprehensible words:

The existence of Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain suggests that the: