Question 1

Infants who are younger than six months of age

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A) do not need to experience speech sounds in their environment to be able to discriminate them. 
B) must experience speech sounds in their environment to be able to discriminate them. 
C) can discriminate only the sounds found in their native language. 
D) cannot discriminate any speech sounds,which explains why they cannot talk. 
A) do not need to experience speech sounds in their environment to be able to discriminate them. 
B) must experience speech sounds in their environment to be able to discriminate them. 
C) can discriminate only the sounds found in their native language. 
D) cannot discriminate any speech sounds,which explains why they cannot talk.

Question 2

What is infant-directed speech and how is it related to infant language development?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 3

Preschool children do not adjust their messages when their listeners lack critical information

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Babbling refers to

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A) speech-like sounds that consist of a vowel and consonant but that have no meaning. 
B) the production of vowel-like sounds such as "ooooooo" or "ahhhhhhh." 
C) a pattern of rising and falling pitch. 
D) a distinctive style of speech adults use when talking to infants. 
A) speech-like sounds that consist of a vowel and consonant but that have no meaning. 
B) the production of vowel-like sounds such as "ooooooo" or "ahhhhhhh." 
C) a pattern of rising and falling pitch. 
D) a distinctive style of speech adults use when talking to infants.

Question 5

According to the ________ approach,children use powerful cognitive mechanisms that allow them to find recurring patterns in the speech they hear.

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A) behaviourist 
B) social interaction 
C) linguistic 
D) cognitive 
A) behaviourist 
B) social interaction 
C) linguistic 
D) cognitive

Question 6

In the case of understanding metaphors,young children

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A) cannot understand even simple metaphors. 
B) can understand simple metaphors but not ones based on abstract relations. 
C) can understand metaphors that are based on abstract relations. 
D) develop this understanding very rapidly. 
A) cannot understand even simple metaphors. 
B) can understand simple metaphors but not ones based on abstract relations. 
C) can understand metaphors that are based on abstract relations. 
D) develop this understanding very rapidly.

Question 7

Naming objects that are the focus of a child's attention can help the child learn new words.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken.Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?

Accepted Answer

A) She is not likely to ever be able to discriminate them. 
B) She is likely to be able to discriminate them now but will probably lose that ability when she gets older. 
C) She is not likely to be able to discriminate them at this age but should be able to when she gets older. 
D) She is likely to be able to discriminate them throughout her life. 
A) She is not likely to ever be able to discriminate them. 
B) She is likely to be able to discriminate them now but will probably lose that ability when she gets older. 
C) She is not likely to be able to discriminate them at this age but should be able to when she gets older. 
D) She is likely to be able to discriminate them throughout her life.

Question 9

Languages across the world all have the same phonemes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

You are on a committee formed to make a recommendation to a school system about how to best help non-English-speaking children master both academic content and English.Based on research in this area,what language would you recommend be used for instruction?

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A) English only 
B) the children's native language only 
C) both English and the children's native language 
D) either English or the children's native language,it does not matter which one is used 
A) English only 
B) the children's native language only 
C) both English and the children's native language 
D) either English or the children's native language,it does not matter which one is used

Question 11

School-age children are more likely to be polite to adults and demanding with peers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Your friends Kumi and Hugh have a six-month-old son,Joe.Kumi is a native speaker of Japanese and Hugh is a native speaker of English.They are thinking about raising Joe to be bilingual but they are wondering if there are any benefits or drawbacks to this.What can you tell Kumi and Hugh about the impact of bilingualism on language development?

Accepted Answer

A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 13

The production of two-word speech does not follow any rules.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

At about 18 months of age,many children experience a naming explosion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called

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A) morphemes. 
B) grammars. 
C) lexicals. 
D) phonemes. 
A) morphemes. 
B) grammars. 
C) lexicals. 
D) phonemes.

Question 16

Which of the following is one of the ways in which language differs from simple communication?

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A) Language has arbitrary units. 
B) Language is not structured. 
C) Language does not show displacement. 
D) Language is not characterized by generativity. 
A) Language has arbitrary units. 
B) Language is not structured. 
C) Language does not show displacement. 
D) Language is not characterized by generativity.

Question 17

Three-year-old Steven walks up to his father,who is reading the newspaper,and says "Look at this picture,Daddy!" If his father does not respond,Steven is likely to

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A) repeat his remark to try again to get a response. 
B) keep talking about his picture as if his father had answered. 
C) walk away. 
D) think his comment does not deserve a response. 
A) repeat his remark to try again to get a response. 
B) keep talking about his picture as if his father had answered. 
C) walk away. 
D) think his comment does not deserve a response.

Question 18

Berko's classic study in which she showed children a nonsense object labeled a "wug" and then presented the child with a picture of two of these objects to see how the child would supply the plural form of "wug" demonstrated that preschool

Accepted Answer

A) children's use of grammatical morphemes is based on rules. 
B) children do not use inflection. 
C) children's language is not based on rules. 
D) children acquire a rule for using "un + verb" to reverse or stop the action of a verb. 
A) children's use of grammatical morphemes is based on rules. 
B) children do not use inflection. 
C) children's language is not based on rules. 
D) children acquire a rule for using "un + verb" to reverse or stop the action of a verb.

Question 19

Brittany is six years old.Which of the following is she MOST likely to be able to do?

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A) detect ambiguities in messages 
B) understand sarcasm solely from the context 
C) understand abstract metaphors 
D) understand concrete metaphors 
A) detect ambiguities in messages 
B) understand sarcasm solely from the context 
C) understand abstract metaphors 
D) understand concrete metaphors

Question 20

Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on

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A) learning individual words. 
B) the use of rules. 
C) inflection. 
D) telegraphic speech. 
A) learning individual words. 
B) the use of rules. 
C) inflection. 
D) telegraphic speech.

Infants who are younger than six months of age

What is infant-directed speech and how is it related to infant language development?

Preschool children do not adjust their messages when their listeners lack critical information

Babbling refers to

According to the ________ approach,children use powerful cognitive mechanisms that allow them to find recurring patterns in the speech they hear.

In the case of understanding metaphors,young children

Naming objects that are the focus of a child's attention can help the child learn new words.

Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken.Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?

Languages across the world all have the same phonemes.

You are on a committee formed to make a recommendation to a school system about how to best help non-English-speaking children master both academic content and English.Based on research in this area,what language would you recommend be used for instruction?

School-age children are more likely to be polite to adults and demanding with peers.

The production of two-word speech does not follow any rules.

At about 18 months of age,many children experience a naming explosion.

The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called

Which of the following is one of the ways in which language differs from simple communication?

Three-year-old Steven walks up to his father,who is reading the newspaper,and says "Look at this picture,Daddy!" If his father does not respond,Steven is likely to

Berko's classic study in which she showed children a nonsense object labeled a "wug" and then presented the child with a picture of two of these objects to see how the child would supply the plural form of "wug" demonstrated that preschool

Brittany is six years old.Which of the following is she MOST likely to be able to do?

Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on

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Infants who are younger than six months of age

What is infant-directed speech and how is it related to infant language development?

Preschool children do not adjust their messages when their listeners lack critical information

Babbling refers to

According to the ________ approach,children use powerful cognitive mechanisms that allow them to find recurring patterns in the speech they hear.

In the case of understanding metaphors,young children

Naming objects that are the focus of a child's attention can help the child learn new words.

Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken.Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?

Languages across the world all have the same phonemes.

You are on a committee formed to make a recommendation to a school system about how to best help non-English-speaking children master both academic content and English.Based on research in this area,what language would you recommend be used for instruction?

School-age children are more likely to be polite to adults and demanding with peers.

The production of two-word speech does not follow any rules.

At about 18 months of age,many children experience a naming explosion.

The basic building blocks of language that are used to form words are called

Which of the following is one of the ways in which language differs from simple communication?

Three-year-old Steven walks up to his father,who is reading the newspaper,and says "Look at this picture,Daddy!" If his father does not respond,Steven is likely to

Berko's classic study in which she showed children a nonsense object labeled a "wug" and then presented the child with a picture of two of these objects to see how the child would supply the plural form of "wug" demonstrated that preschool

Brittany is six years old.Which of the following is she MOST likely to be able to do?

Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on

The Science of Child Development

Genetic Bases of Child Development

Prenatal Development, Birth, and the Newborn

Growth and Health

Perceptual and Motor Development

Theories of Cognitive Development

Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills

Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition

Emotional Development

Understanding Self and Others

Moral Understanding and Behaviour

Gender and Development

Social Influences

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