Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

Describe the concepts of intersubjectivity and joint attention, and explain how they relate to language development. Provide an example of each one, and explain how it will be likely to help the development of language.

Avi is 13 months old and has a large vocabulary for her age. The words she can say are referred to as her:

The characteristic intonation patterns, tempo, rhythm, and cadence with which a language is spoken are referred to as:

Intersubjectivity refers to:

Imagine that a young child is presented with a novel word, encyclopedia, when her grandmother says, "Oh, look at the encyclopedia." In front of the child are two objects, a bright pink-covered book-book is a word the child already knows-and a green onion, an object the child has never seen before. The child is MOST likely to make the assumption that the novel word refers to the:

Which skill is NOT necessary for a child to have in order to draw a house?

The Eimas and colleagues study that examined infants' comprehension of speech sounds demonstrated that 1- and 4-month-old infants differentiated between:

Which skill typically develops LATEST?

The first time John hears the word adults is when his father explains to him that the locked cabinet is for "adults, not children." John employs the contrastive use of the familiar word children with the unfamiliar word adults to learn this new word. John has learned the new word by a process referred to as:

The number of words children know is NOT related to:

Define and provide two examples of (a) overextension and (b) overregularization. For each type of error, describe what a child's errors of this type tell us about her language development.

Which sequence lists the periods of language development in the CORRECT chronological order?

Bergelson and Swingley demonstrated that when 6-month-old infants were shown pictures of common items and researchers named one item, infants:

Based on the research reviewed in the text, which statement is the BEST advice one could give new parents regarding viewing of educational videos by their infants?

Toddler Seth calls all his stuffed animals, including teddy bears, bunnies, dogs, and ducks, "bear." When shown pictures of a teddy bear and a toy stuffed rabbit and asked to point to the bear, which behaviour is Seth's MOST likely response?

_____ is NOT a symbolic artifact.

For the majority of people who are right-handed, language is primarily represented in:

Deficits in communication are one of the diagnostic criteria for:

Children's first sentences can often be described as _____ speech.

Which idea is used as evidence to support Skinner's view of language development?