Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

The study by Eimas and colleagues that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds demonstrated that 1- and 4-month-old infants differentiated between

Bergelson and Swingley demonstrated that when 6-month-old infants were shown pictures of common items and researchers named one item, infants

Which statement is an indicator that babbling by older infants depends on experience?

_____ is a system in which a finite set of words can be combined to generate an infinite number of sentences.

Baby Josie has just begun babbling. Describe the different characteristics of babbling that she is demonstrating.

Danny is a Canadian English-speaking child and just said his first word. Which of these is MOST likely to be that word?

The development of language involves several areas of development-phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic. Briefly explain what development in each of these areas entails.

Johnson and Newport's study of the English proficiency of Korean and Chinese immigrants in the United States demonstrated that knowledge of English grammar was associated with the

A study by Baldwin in which an experimenter showed 18-month-olds two novel objects and then concealed those objects in containers demonstrated that children

Which type of word is generally the MOST prominent amongst the first words English-speaking children learn?

Which word is one of the first words spoken in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese?

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

The fact that only humans acquire language in the normal course of development indicates that language is

Children's first sentences can often be described as _____ speech.

Imagine that a young child is presented with a novel word, "puppy," when her uncle says, "What a sweet puppy" In front of the child are two objects, a stuffed dog-"dog" is a word the child already knows-and a can opener, an object the child has never seen before. The child makes the assumption that the novel word refers to the can opener through an expectation referred to as

Based on the research reviewed in the text, which statement is the BEST advice one could give new parents regarding viewing of educational videos by their infants?

Which statement about toddlers and word order is TRUE?

Which cue would a young child NOT be able to use when interpreting the meaning of a novel word used by an adult?

Theorists who have disputed Chomsky's view of language development by pointing out that the communicative function of language is key to understanding language development would be MOST interested in

Which of these is the LEAST convincing piece of evidence for the sensitive-period hypothesis related to language development?