Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

Toddler Arielle sees a baby being tickled by a boy and hears her mother say, "The boy is tickling the baby." Arielle, who has never heard anyone use the word "tickling," is MOST likely

To use a map, children must be able to understand it as

The length of time between when air passes through the lips and when the vocal cords start vibrating is referred to as

Adults perceive speech sounds

Learning _____ is considered part of pragmatic development.

In the English language, the _____ is an example of a morpheme.

Which speech sound is LEAST likely to be uttered by an infant who has not yet begun to babble?

Define and provide two examples of (a) overextension and (b) overregularization. For each type of error, describe what a child's errors of this type tell us about her language development.

When caregivers follow the baby's lead, looking at and commenting on whatever the infant is looking at, _____ has occurred.

Which idea is used as evidence to support Skinner's view of language development?

Describe the relative impact of nature and nurture on language development as proposed by Chomsky and Skinner. Provide descriptive examples.

Researchers with a connectionist view of language development would be MOST interested in

The history of Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) and its status as a true language with its own grammar is evidence for the _____ view of language development.

Infants generally begin to associate words with their referents

Infants' preparations for speaking do NOT include

Preschoolers Cal and Jacob are playing with toy trucks. Jacob says, "My mommy took me to watch the construction at the end of the street." Cal responds, "This dump truck is yellow and black. I have one like this at my house." Then Jacob says, "They were digging up the road with a backhoe. They are putting a big pipe under the road." Cal then says, "I also have a green cement truck. It can turn. I got it for my birthday." This conversation is an example of

Six-month-old Liana, 9-month-old Joshua, and 11-month-old Sadie all live in English-speaking homes in English-speaking communities. Which statement is MOST likely to be true about their abilities to discriminate amongst sounds that are found in Mandarin Chinese but are not found in English?

_____ is NOT a symbolic artifact.

The _____ perspective is oriented around computational modelling.

Which of these has been established by studying people's response to speech sounds?