Question 1

Children's syntactic development refers to their learning of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  meaning system and words of their language. 
B)  cultural rules for how their language is used. 
C)  rules for combining the words in their language. 
D)  sound system of their language. 
A)  meaning system and words of their language. 
B)  cultural rules for how their language is used. 
C)  rules for combining the words in their language. 
D)  sound system of their language. C

Question 2

The notion that an infinite number of sentences and ideas can be expressed through a finite set of words is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  production. 
B)  generativity. 
C)  construction. 
D)  infinitivity. 
A)  production. 
B)  generativity. 
C)  construction. 
D)  infinitivity. B

Question 3

Toddler Arielle sees a baby being tickled by a boy and hears her mother say, "The boy is tickling the baby." Arielle has never heard anyone use the word tickling. Arielle figures out that "tickling" is what the boy is doing to the baby, not what the baby is doing (laughing and waving her arms in delight), through:

Accepted Answer

A)  syntactic bootstrapping. 
B)  intersubjectivity. 
C)  fast mapping. 
D)  attending to the linguistic category of the novel word. 
A)  syntactic bootstrapping. 
B)  intersubjectivity. 
C)  fast mapping. 
D)  attending to the linguistic category of the novel word. A

Question 4

When young children converse with other young children, their conversations can generally be described as:

Accepted Answer

A)  monologues. 
B)  collective monologues. 
C)  dialogues. 
D)  collective dialogues. 
A)  monologues. 
B)  collective monologues. 
C)  dialogues. 
D)  collective dialogues.

Question 5

_____ is NOT an example of a way in which adults help toddlers learn words.

Accepted Answer

A)  Putting vocal stress on new words 
B)  Repeating new words 
C)  Saying new words in the first position in a sentence 
D)  Labelling objects when the child is attending to them 
A)  Putting vocal stress on new words 
B)  Repeating new words 
C)  Saying new words in the first position in a sentence 
D)  Labelling objects when the child is attending to them

Question 6

The process of rapidly learning a new word simply from hearing the contrastive use of a familiar and the unfamiliar word is known as:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

The hypothesis that the human brain contains an innate, self-contained language unit is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  interactionist. 
B)  modularity. 
C)  Universal Grammar. 
D)  pragmatic. 
A)  interactionist. 
B)  modularity. 
C)  Universal Grammar. 
D)  pragmatic.

Question 8

The period before approximately age 5 years is considered to be the _____ period for language development.

Accepted Answer

A)  critical 
B)  acceptable 
C)  exclusive 
D)  suitable 
A)  critical 
B)  acceptable 
C)  exclusive 
D)  suitable

Question 9

Dual representation refers to the notion that a symbolic artifact must be represented as both:

Accepted Answer

A)  a real object and something useful. 
B)  something useful and a depiction of something other than itself. 
C)  a depiction of something other than itself and a real object. 
D)  a communicative device and a real object. 
A)  a real object and something useful. 
B)  something useful and a depiction of something other than itself. 
C)  a depiction of something other than itself and a real object. 
D)  a communicative device and a real object.

Question 10

The Eimas and colleagues study that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds varying between /b/ and /p/ used which technique?

Accepted Answer

A)  habituation 
B)  preferential listening 
C)  examination of facial expressions 
D)  violation of expectancy 
A)  habituation 
B)  preferential listening 
C)  examination of facial expressions 
D)  violation of expectancy

Question 11

When young children talk with their peers, they generally:

Accepted Answer

A)  speak holophrastically. 
B)  listen to each other's narratives. 
C)  take turns talking in a series of non sequiturs. 
D)  engage in lengthy dialogues. 
A)  speak holophrastically. 
B)  listen to each other's narratives. 
C)  take turns talking in a series of non sequiturs. 
D)  engage in lengthy dialogues.

Question 12

Which word is one of the first words spoken in Mandarin and Cantonese?

Accepted Answer

A)  daddy 
B)  hi 
C)  milk 
D)  no 
A)  daddy 
B)  hi 
C)  milk 
D)  no

Question 13

Which ability is subject to perceptual narrowing?

Accepted Answer

A)  infant-directed talk 
B)  sound discrimination 
C)  word segmentation 
D)  metalinguistic knowledge 
A)  infant-directed talk 
B)  sound discrimination 
C)  word segmentation 
D)  metalinguistic knowledge

Question 14

Children's semantic development refers to their learning of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  meaning system and words of their language. 
B)  cultural rules for how their language is used. 
C)  rules for combining the words in their language. 
D)  sound system of their language. 
A)  meaning system and words of their language. 
B)  cultural rules for how their language is used. 
C)  rules for combining the words in their language. 
D)  sound system of their language.

Question 15

The _____ perspective is oriented around computational modelling.

Accepted Answer

A)  connectionist 
B)  nativist 
C)  innate 
D)  interactionist 
A)  connectionist 
B)  nativist 
C)  innate 
D)  interactionist

Question 16

Children's overregularization errors are an indicator that they:

Accepted Answer

A)  use words they are able to produce in place of those they are not yet able to produce. 
B)  internalize grammatical rules. 
C)  are able to remove the nonessential elements of speech to reduce the number of words per utterance. 
D)  memorize the plural forms of individual nouns and the tenses of individual verbs. 
A)  use words they are able to produce in place of those they are not yet able to produce. 
B)  internalize grammatical rules. 
C)  are able to remove the nonessential elements of speech to reduce the number of words per utterance. 
D)  memorize the plural forms of individual nouns and the tenses of individual verbs.

Question 17

Which statement about children who are exposed to two languages from birth is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children exposed to two languages often confuse the grammar of the two languages. 
B)  Children exposed to two languages may appear to lag behind monolingual children on some language measures. 
C)  Children exposed to two languages tend to perform better than monolingual children on cognitive measures. 
D)  Children exposed to two languages correctly use the phonological systems of each language to pronounce words in that language and not words in the other language. 
A)  Children exposed to two languages often confuse the grammar of the two languages. 
B)  Children exposed to two languages may appear to lag behind monolingual children on some language measures. 
C)  Children exposed to two languages tend to perform better than monolingual children on cognitive measures. 
D)  Children exposed to two languages correctly use the phonological systems of each language to pronounce words in that language and not words in the other language.

Question 18

Baby X lives with his family for 6 months and then is adopted by a family that lives in a different country and speaks a different language. According to research, in regard to Baby X's ability to distinguish among speech sounds in his new environment, it is likely that Baby X will be able to:

Accepted Answer

A)  make only distinctions that were relevant in his native environment. 
B)  make distinctions in his new environment but show greater ability in the sounds that are similar to those heard in his native environment. 
C)  make distinctions in his new environment with nearly the same proficiency as in his native environment. 
D)  develop the ability to make distinctions in his new environment over his first year. 
A)  make only distinctions that were relevant in his native environment. 
B)  make distinctions in his new environment but show greater ability in the sounds that are similar to those heard in his native environment. 
C)  make distinctions in his new environment with nearly the same proficiency as in his native environment. 
D)  develop the ability to make distinctions in his new environment over his first year.

Question 19

The average 5-year-old child is _____ the average college student at the basic grammatical structure of his or her native language.

Accepted Answer

A)  much less competent than 
B)  slightly less competent than 
C)  as competent as 
D)  more competent than 
A)  much less competent than 
B)  slightly less competent than 
C)  as competent as 
D)  more competent than

Question 20

Which example illustrates overregularization?

Accepted Answer

A)  referring to all four-legged animals as "doggie" 
B)  calling a rabbit "wabbit" 
C)  using the word gooses 
D)  using the word elbow to refer to a knee 
A)  referring to all four-legged animals as "doggie" 
B)  calling a rabbit "wabbit" 
C)  using the word gooses 
D)  using the word elbow to refer to a knee

Children's syntactic development refers to their learning of the:

The notion that an infinite number of sentences and ideas can be expressed through a finite set of words is referred to as:

When young children converse with other young children, their conversations can generally be described as:

_____ is NOT an example of a way in which adults help toddlers learn words.

The process of rapidly learning a new word simply from hearing the contrastive use of a familiar and the unfamiliar word is known as:

The hypothesis that the human brain contains an innate, self-contained language unit is referred to as:

The period before approximately age 5 years is considered to be the _____ period for language development.

Dual representation refers to the notion that a symbolic artifact must be represented as both:

The Eimas and colleagues study that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds varying between /b/ and /p/ used which technique?

When young children talk with their peers, they generally:

Which word is one of the first words spoken in Mandarin and Cantonese?

Which ability is subject to perceptual narrowing?

Children's semantic development refers to their learning of the:

The _____ perspective is oriented around computational modelling.

Children's overregularization errors are an indicator that they:

Which statement about children who are exposed to two languages from birth is NOT true?

Baby X lives with his family for 6 months and then is adopted by a family that lives in a different country and speaks a different language. According to research, in regard to Baby X's ability to distinguish among speech sounds in his new environment, it is likely that Baby X will be able to:

The average 5-year-old child is _____ the average college student at the basic grammatical structure of his or her native language.

Which example illustrates overregularization?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behaviour

Theories of Cognitive Development

Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

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Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

Children's syntactic development refers to their learning of the:

The notion that an infinite number of sentences and ideas can be expressed through a finite set of words is referred to as:

When young children converse with other young children, their conversations can generally be described as:

_____ is NOT an example of a way in which adults help toddlers learn words.

The process of rapidly learning a new word simply from hearing the contrastive use of a familiar and the unfamiliar word is known as:

The hypothesis that the human brain contains an innate, self-contained language unit is referred to as:

The period before approximately age 5 years is considered to be the _____ period for language development.

Dual representation refers to the notion that a symbolic artifact must be represented as both:

The Eimas and colleagues study that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds varying between /b/ and /p/ used which technique?

When young children talk with their peers, they generally:

Which word is one of the first words spoken in Mandarin and Cantonese?

Which ability is subject to perceptual narrowing?

Children's semantic development refers to their learning of the:

The _____ perspective is oriented around computational modelling.

Children's overregularization errors are an indicator that they:

Which statement about children who are exposed to two languages from birth is NOT true?

Baby X lives with his family for 6 months and then is adopted by a family that lives in a different country and speaks a different language. According to research, in regard to Baby X's ability to distinguish among speech sounds in his new environment, it is likely that Baby X will be able to:

The average 5-year-old child is _____ the average college student at the basic grammatical structure of his or her native language.

Which example illustrates overregularization?

An Introduction to Child Development

Prenatal Development and the Newborn Period

Biology and Behaviour

Theories of Cognitive Development

Seeing, Thinking, and Doing in Infancy

Conceptual Development

Intelligence and Academic Achievement

Theories of Social Development

Emotional Development

Attachment to Others and Development of Self

The Family

Peer Relationships

Moral Development

Gender Development

Conclusions

Filters