Exam 6: Language Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

A parent has placed two young children in front of an computer to watch videos in hopes of educating them. According to research what limitations may there be?

Why do infants have problems learning language from television?

Which statement best reflects what researchers have learned about infant-directed speech?

How does homesign support the claim that language is prewired?

Which theory attempts to explain how children develop the ability to draw meaningful associations among various related words and concepts?

How does infant-directed speech from caregivers influence language development?

Tanya (18 months old) is presented with sentence, "The dog is blinking the cat." Tanya knows the words fly and cow, and through her understanding of the grammatical structure points to a picture of a dog that is licking a cat. This illustrates how _______ aids young children in the learning of new words.

Which feature has not been studied as an example of infant-directed speech?

What percentage of deaf children in the U.S. are born to hearing parents who do not know American Sign Language?