Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

Which theorist proposed Universal Grammar?

The number of words children know is NOT related to

Which word is generally the first word spoken by infants who speak Cantonese?

The study by DeLoache and her colleagues that used a "shrinking room" demonstrated that young children's trouble with scale models is due to their

In one study cited in the text, when preschool children were shown a picture of a catlike animal and an experimenter either simply labeled the animal "dog" (group A) or said, "You're not going to believe this, but this is actually a dog" (group B), how likely were the children to extend the word to other catlike stimuli?

A broad interpretation of the meaning of a word is referred to as

Of these phrases, which is MOST likely to be spoken by a child in the telegraphic speech phase?

Using signs to communicate is referred to as

Morphemes refer to the

In a study by Hirsh-Pasek and Golinkoff, when infants were shown two videotaped scenes, one with a woman kissing keys while holding a ball and the other with a woman kissing a ball while holding keys and hearing "She's kissing the keys," infants

What is intersubjectivity?

Which of these skills typically develops LATEST?

Jaimson is right-handed. This means that language is primarily represented in

_____ is a way in which parents play a role in their children's grammatical development.

The finding that infants pay attention to the speaker's intentions when interpreting the meaning of the speaker's words supports the importance of _____ in language development.

The distinctive mode of speech used when speaking to infants and toddlers is referred to as

Which statement about the vocalizations and babbling of deaf infants is TRUE?

Which factor is NOT involved in learning language?

Which of these would NOT be considered a symbol?

Infants likely learn _____ from the distributional properties of language.