Question 1

Which of the following claims does Chomsky make regarding language acquisition?

Accepted Answer

A) Humans have an inborn knowledge of all components of language. 
B) Humans have an inborn mechanism for sifting through the language they hear and generating rules for that language. 
C) Humans simply imitate the sounds they hear. 
D) Humans must be exposed to language at a developmentally appropriate time in order for language to develop. 
A) Humans have an inborn knowledge of all components of language. 
B) Humans have an inborn mechanism for sifting through the language they hear and generating rules for that language. 
C) Humans simply imitate the sounds they hear. 
D) Humans must be exposed to language at a developmentally appropriate time in order for language to develop.

Question 2

How do overextension, underextension, overregularization, and telegraphic speech limit a child's language abilities?

Accepted Answer

Overextension, underextension, overregul

Question 3

The most effective preschool programs emphasize academic skill-building and de-emphasize play.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Research on adult education has shown that

Accepted Answer

A) literacy programs for adults tend to be highly successful. 
B) older adult college students are more likely to be motivated by external expectations than traditional students. 
C) adult men tend to return to the classroom for personal enrichment reasons. 
D) returning adult students often put more effort into learning material because they want or need to use the information. 
A) literacy programs for adults tend to be highly successful. 
B) older adult college students are more likely to be motivated by external expectations than traditional students. 
C) adult men tend to return to the classroom for personal enrichment reasons. 
D) returning adult students often put more effort into learning material because they want or need to use the information.

Question 5

Which is the best example of metalinguistic awareness?

Accepted Answer

A) Being able to pronounce all the phonemes in a language 
B) Becoming less egocentric and then becoming better able to understand the meaning of selfishness 
C) Confusing a "w" with an "m" and reading "wow" as "mom" 
D) Using the term "truck" when referring to all wheeled vehicles (e.g., trucks, cars, motorcycles) 
A) Being able to pronounce all the phonemes in a language 
B) Becoming less egocentric and then becoming better able to understand the meaning of selfishness 
C) Confusing a "w" with an "m" and reading "wow" as "mom" 
D) Using the term "truck" when referring to all wheeled vehicles (e.g., trucks, cars, motorcycles)

Question 6

Erin has a high level of mastery orientation. Given this fact, her most likely response to failing a test would be to

Accepted Answer

A) quit. 
B) blame her self. 
C) believe that trying harder on the next test will lead to failure. 
D) believe that trying harder on the next test will lead to success. 
A) quit. 
B) blame her self. 
C) believe that trying harder on the next test will lead to failure. 
D) believe that trying harder on the next test will lead to success.

Question 7

Individuals with high levels of achievement tend to attribute their success to _____ causes.

Accepted Answer

A) internal and unstable 
B) internal and stable 
C) external and unstable 
D) external and stable 
A) internal and unstable 
B) internal and stable 
C) external and unstable 
D) external and stable

Question 8

Learning theory does the poorest job of explaining the _____ aspect of language development.

Accepted Answer

A) morphology 
B) phonology 
C) semantics 
D) syntax 
A) morphology 
B) phonology 
C) semantics 
D) syntax

Question 9

Which type of theorist would be most likely to view language development as a combination of nature and nurture factors?

Accepted Answer

A) Learning 
B) Cognitive 
C) Interactionist 
D) Nativist 
A) Learning 
B) Cognitive 
C) Interactionist 
D) Nativist

Question 10

How does level of achievement change during adolescence and adulthood? What factors lead to declines in achievement? What factors lead to increases in achievement?

Accepted Answer

The level of achievement can change sign

Question 11

Which is the best example of mastery motivation?

Accepted Answer

A) Jerry's innate ability to understand phonemes 
B) Kramer's innate drive to succeed 
C) George's parents' rewards for his success in school 
D) Elaine's extremely large vocabulary 
A) Jerry's innate ability to understand phonemes 
B) Kramer's innate drive to succeed 
C) George's parents' rewards for his success in school 
D) Elaine's extremely large vocabulary

Question 12

Which best reflects the nurture-based research on language acquisition?

Accepted Answer

A) Children only learn words that are directly spoken to them. 
B) Reinforcing a word does not increase the odds that a word will be learned. 
C) Frequent caregiver conversation involving questions encourages language development in children. 
D) Aphasia may be related to damage of arcuate fasciculus fibers. 
A) Children only learn words that are directly spoken to them. 
B) Reinforcing a word does not increase the odds that a word will be learned. 
C) Frequent caregiver conversation involving questions encourages language development in children. 
D) Aphasia may be related to damage of arcuate fasciculus fibers.

Question 13

Dumbo and his Dad are at the zoo. "Look at those huge foots!" exclaims Dumbo, as they watch an elephant in its cage. Dumbo's error in speech best demonstrates

Accepted Answer

A) overregularization. 
B) telegraphic speech. 
C) overextension. 
D) holophrasing. 
A) overregularization. 
B) telegraphic speech. 
C) overextension. 
D) holophrasing.

Question 14

The typical first-grader would begin school with a vocabulary of around _____ words.

Accepted Answer

A) 500 
B) 1,000 
C) 5,000 
D) 10,000 
A) 500 
B) 1,000 
C) 5,000 
D) 10,000

Question 15

In speech, expansion is best defined as responses involving

Accepted Answer

A) greater intonation. 
B) significant overregularization. 
C) more grammatically complete expressions. 
D) nontransformational grammar. 
A) greater intonation. 
B) significant overregularization. 
C) more grammatically complete expressions. 
D) nontransformational grammar.

Question 16

When a child is able to realize that some letter combinations (e.g., "br," "st," "ed") need to be perceived as a single unit versus several individual units, he or she is said to be in the _____ phase of reading.

Accepted Answer

A) pre-alphabetic 
B) consolidated alphabetic 
C) partial alphabetic 
D) full alphabetic 
A) pre-alphabetic 
B) consolidated alphabetic 
C) partial alphabetic 
D) full alphabetic

Question 17

Economist Roland Fryer Jr. attempted to determine whether _____ could be used to raise students' standardized test scores.

Accepted Answer

A) monetary rewards 
B) new school facilities 
C) more highly trained teachers 
D) cognitive-enhancing medications 
A) monetary rewards 
B) new school facilities 
C) more highly trained teachers 
D) cognitive-enhancing medications

Question 18

_____ speech is characterized by two- to three-word sentences that contain critical content words, but omit "frill" words.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ speech is characterized by two- to...

Question 19

If you believe in mastery goals, then you believe that

Accepted Answer

A) effort does not matter. 
B) you can learn to get better at a task. 
C) most abilities are inherited. 
D) superficial processing is the key to success. 
A) effort does not matter. 
B) you can learn to get better at a task. 
C) most abilities are inherited. 
D) superficial processing is the key to success.

Question 20

Concerning language development, joint attention is best defined as occurring when

Accepted Answer

A) a baby and parent view an object together. 
B) a parent directs a child's gaze to an object and names the object for the child. 
C) two infants repeat the same nonsense word. 
D) the same word is used to describe several unrelated objects. 
A) a baby and parent view an object together. 
B) a parent directs a child's gaze to an object and names the object for the child. 
C) two infants repeat the same nonsense word. 
D) the same word is used to describe several unrelated objects.

Which of the following claims does Chomsky make regarding language acquisition?

How do overextension, underextension, overregularization, and telegraphic speech limit a child's language abilities?

The most effective preschool programs emphasize academic skill-building and de-emphasize play.

Research on adult education has shown that

Which is the best example of metalinguistic awareness?

Erin has a high level of mastery orientation. Given this fact, her most likely response to failing a test would be to

Individuals with high levels of achievement tend to attribute their success to _____ causes.

Learning theory does the poorest job of explaining the _____ aspect of language development.

Which type of theorist would be most likely to view language development as a combination of nature and nurture factors?

How does level of achievement change during adolescence and adulthood? What factors lead to declines in achievement? What factors lead to increases in achievement?

Which is the best example of mastery motivation?

Which best reflects the nurture-based research on language acquisition?

Dumbo and his Dad are at the zoo. "Look at those huge foots!" exclaims Dumbo, as they watch an elephant in its cage. Dumbo's error in speech best demonstrates

The typical first-grader would begin school with a vocabulary of around _____ words.

In speech, expansion is best defined as responses involving

When a child is able to realize that some letter combinations (e.g., "br," "st," "ed") need to be perceived as a single unit versus several individual units, he or she is said to be in the _____ phase of reading.

Economist Roland Fryer Jr. attempted to determine whether _____ could be used to raise students' standardized test scores.

_____ speech is characterized by two- to three-word sentences that contain critical content words, but omit "frill" words.

If you believe in mastery goals, then you believe that

Concerning language development, joint attention is best defined as occurring when

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Which of the following claims does Chomsky make regarding language acquisition?

How do overextension, underextension, overregularization, and telegraphic speech limit a child's language abilities?

The most effective preschool programs emphasize academic skill-building and de-emphasize play.

Research on adult education has shown that

Which is the best example of metalinguistic awareness?

Erin has a high level of mastery orientation. Given this fact, her most likely response to failing a test would be to

Individuals with high levels of achievement tend to attribute their success to _____ causes.

Learning theory does the poorest job of explaining the _____ aspect of language development.

Which type of theorist would be most likely to view language development as a combination of nature and nurture factors?

How does level of achievement change during adolescence and adulthood? What factors lead to declines in achievement? What factors lead to increases in achievement?

Which is the best example of mastery motivation?

Which best reflects the nurture-based research on language acquisition?

Dumbo and his Dad are at the zoo. "Look at those huge foots!" exclaims Dumbo, as they watch an elephant in its cage. Dumbo's error in speech best demonstrates

The typical first-grader would begin school with a vocabulary of around _____ words.

In speech, expansion is best defined as responses involving

When a child is able to realize that some letter combinations (e.g., "br," "st," "ed") need to be perceived as a single unit versus several individual units, he or she is said to be in the _____ phase of reading.

Economist Roland Fryer Jr. attempted to determine whether _____ could be used to raise students' standardized test scores.

_____ speech is characterized by two- to three-word sentences that contain critical content words, but omit "frill" words.

If you believe in mastery goals, then you believe that

Concerning language development, joint attention is best defined as occurring when

Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Theories of Human Development

Genes, Environment, and Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Health and Physical Development

Sensation, Perception, and Attention

Cognition

Memory and Information Processing

Intelligence and Creativity

Self and Personality

Gender Roles and Sexuality

Social Cognition and Moral Development

Attachment and Social Relationships

The Family

Developmental Psychopathology

The Final Challenge: Death and Dying

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