Question 1

Kim has an expressive style of learning language.Ellie has a referential style of learning language.You would expect to find that

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A) Kim knows more words that are names,but Ellie knows more social phrases. 
B) Kim knows more social phrases,but Ellie knows more words that are names. 
C) Kim knows more words that are names,but Ellie knows more question words. 
D) Kim and Ellie's vocabularies both contain equal numbers of words that are names,social phrases,and question words. 
A) Kim knows more words that are names,but Ellie knows more social phrases. 
B) Kim knows more social phrases,but Ellie knows more words that are names. 
C) Kim knows more words that are names,but Ellie knows more question words. 
D) Kim and Ellie's vocabularies both contain equal numbers of words that are names,social phrases,and question words.

Question 2

When do toddlers experience their first vocabulary spurt (naming explosion)?

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A) between 12 and 16 months 
B) between 18 to 20 months 
C) between 2 and 2 ½ years 
D) between 3 and 3 ½ years 
A) between 12 and 16 months 
B) between 18 to 20 months 
C) between 2 and 2 ½ years 
D) between 3 and 3 ½ years

Question 3

Infants as young as __________ of age can distinguish phonemes.

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A) 1 month 
B) 6 months 
C) 1 year 
D) 2 years 
A) 1 month 
B) 6 months 
C) 1 year 
D) 2 years

Question 4

A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

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A) overregularization. 
B) underextension. 
C) overextension. 
D) fast mapping. 
A) overregularization. 
B) underextension. 
C) overextension. 
D) fast mapping.

Question 5

Cooing involves combining vowel and consonant sounds.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Bilingual children

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A) have lower IQ scores than monolingual children. 
B) do not understand the fine points of grammar as well as monolingual children. 
C) are at a linguistic disadvantage when they begin elementary school. 
D) are more likely than monolingual children to understand that words are simply arbitrary symbols. 
A) have lower IQ scores than monolingual children. 
B) do not understand the fine points of grammar as well as monolingual children. 
C) are at a linguistic disadvantage when they begin elementary school. 
D) are more likely than monolingual children to understand that words are simply arbitrary symbols.

Question 7

Adding -s and -ing are simple grammatical morphemes that are mastered at an early age.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If an object already has a name and another name is presented,children will assume that the new name denotes a subcategory of the original name.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe and give an example of the two naming errors that children make when learning new words.When do these errors occur? 
When do these errors go away?

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A good answer will be similar to the fol

Question 10

__________ occurs when children apply rules to words that are exceptions to the rule.

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A) An underextension 
B) An overextension 
C) Overregularization 
D) Semantic bootstrapping 
A) An underextension 
B) An overextension 
C) Overregularization 
D) Semantic bootstrapping

Question 11

When 4-year-olds describe a toy to a 2-year-old,they

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A) use fewer attention-getting phrases than they do with an adult listener. 
B) use longer sentences than they do with an adult listener. 
C) use simpler grammar than they do with an adult listener. 
D) do not adjust their speech when talking to a younger child. 
A) use fewer attention-getting phrases than they do with an adult listener. 
B) use longer sentences than they do with an adult listener. 
C) use simpler grammar than they do with an adult listener. 
D) do not adjust their speech when talking to a younger child.

Question 12

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?

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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 13

Nicole is being raised in a home where both English and Spanish are spoken.She is likely to

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A) learn language at the same rate as a child who is learning only one language. 
B) learn language more slowly at first because she will mix words from the two languages,but will be as proficient or better in language skill than monolingual children later in childhood. 
C) learn language more quickly at first because she is exposed to more words but have less proficient language skills than monolingual children later in childhood. 
D) be delayed in her language growth throughout infancy and childhood. 
A) learn language at the same rate as a child who is learning only one language. 
B) learn language more slowly at first because she will mix words from the two languages,but will be as proficient or better in language skill than monolingual children later in childhood. 
C) learn language more quickly at first because she is exposed to more words but have less proficient language skills than monolingual children later in childhood. 
D) be delayed in her language growth throughout infancy and childhood.

Question 14

Young infants cannot discriminate sounds that they have never heard before.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following grammatical forms have most children mastered by the time they enter kindergarten?

Accepted Answer

A) Forming sentences with the required auxiliary verb before the subject 
B) Using negation 
C) Using embedded sentences 
D) Children have usually mastered all of the above grammatical forms by the time they enter kindergarten. 
A) Forming sentences with the required auxiliary verb before the subject 
B) Using negation 
C) Using embedded sentences 
D) Children have usually mastered all of the above grammatical forms by the time they enter kindergarten.

Question 16

Young children do not use an object's shape to help learn its name.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following is TRUE of the development of babbling?

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A) Infants produce complex speech sounds before simpler sounds. 
B) Intonation is added to later babbling. 
C) Early babbling contains combinations of many different sounds. 
D) Babbling is the production of vowel-like sounds. 
A) Infants produce complex speech sounds before simpler sounds. 
B) Intonation is added to later babbling. 
C) Early babbling contains combinations of many different sounds. 
D) Babbling is the production of vowel-like sounds.

Question 18

Children use sentence cues to judge word meanings.Given this,how will 2-year-old Elena interpret the following sentence: "This is a Blick."

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A) That "Blick" is a proper name. 
B) That "Blick" is a nonsense word with no meaning. 
C) That "Blick" is a category name. 
D) That "Blick" is a verb. 
A) That "Blick" is a proper name. 
B) That "Blick" is a nonsense word with no meaning. 
C) That "Blick" is a category name. 
D) That "Blick" is a verb.

Question 19

Noel believes that children master grammar in the context of interactions with adults in which both parties want improved communication.Noel's beliefs fit best with the

Accepted Answer

A) cognitive approach. 
B) linguistic approach. 
C) social interaction approach. 
D) behaviorist approach. 
A) cognitive approach. 
B) linguistic approach. 
C) social interaction approach. 
D) behaviorist approach.

Question 20

__________ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures)to meaning.

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A) Pragmatics 
B) Phonology 
C) Semantics 
D) Language 
A) Pragmatics 
B) Phonology 
C) Semantics 
D) Language

Kim has an expressive style of learning language.Ellie has a referential style of learning language.You would expect to find that

When do toddlers experience their first vocabulary spurt (naming explosion)?

Infants as young as __________ of age can distinguish phonemes.

A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

Cooing involves combining vowel and consonant sounds.

Bilingual children

Adding -s and -ing are simple grammatical morphemes that are mastered at an early age.

If an object already has a name and another name is presented,children will assume that the new name denotes a subcategory of the original name.

Describe and give an example of the two naming errors that children make when learning new words.When do these errors occur? When do these errors go away?

__________ occurs when children apply rules to words that are exceptions to the rule.

When 4-year-olds describe a toy to a 2-year-old,they

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?

Nicole is being raised in a home where both English and Spanish are spoken.She is likely to

Young infants cannot discriminate sounds that they have never heard before.

Which of the following grammatical forms have most children mastered by the time they enter kindergarten?

Young children do not use an object's shape to help learn its name.

Which of the following is TRUE of the development of babbling?

Children use sentence cues to judge word meanings.Given this,how will 2-year-old Elena interpret the following sentence: "This is a Blick."

Noel believes that children master grammar in the context of interactions with adults in which both parties want improved communication.Noel's beliefs fit best with the

__________ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures)to meaning.

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Kim has an expressive style of learning language.Ellie has a referential style of learning language.You would expect to find that

When do toddlers experience their first vocabulary spurt (naming explosion)?

Infants as young as __________ of age can distinguish phonemes.

A child's ability to make connections between new words and referents so rapidly that he or she cannot be considering all possible meanings for the new word is referred to as

Cooing involves combining vowel and consonant sounds.

Bilingual children

Adding -s and -ing are simple grammatical morphemes that are mastered at an early age.

If an object already has a name and another name is presented,children will assume that the new name denotes a subcategory of the original name.

Describe and give an example of the two naming errors that children make when learning new words.When do these errors occur? When do these errors go away?

__________ occurs when children apply rules to words that are exceptions to the rule.

When 4-year-olds describe a toy to a 2-year-old,they

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?

Nicole is being raised in a home where both English and Spanish are spoken.She is likely to

Young infants cannot discriminate sounds that they have never heard before.

Which of the following grammatical forms have most children mastered by the time they enter kindergarten?

Young children do not use an object's shape to help learn its name.

Which of the following is TRUE of the development of babbling?

Children use sentence cues to judge word meanings.Given this,how will 2-year-old Elena interpret the following sentence: "This is a Blick."

Noel believes that children master grammar in the context of interactions with adults in which both parties want improved communication.Noel's beliefs fit best with the

__________ is/are a system that relates sounds (or gestures)to meaning.

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 Behavior

Gender and Development

Family Relationships

Influences Beyond the Family

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