Exam 6: Development of Language and Symbol Use

Children are MOST likely to extend a novel noun to a novel object with the same:

Research has demonstrated that viewing of infant educational videos by infants around the age of 12 months is:

Which utterance is an example of holophrastic speech?

Two-year-old Shana is shown a novel object. The object is 6 inches wide, made out of blue wire, and in the shape of an octagon. An adult tells Shana, "This is a glub." Which object is Shana MOST likely to later believe is a glub?

Which cue would a young child NOT be able to use when interpreting the meaning of a novel word used by an adult?

Learning _____ is considered part of semantic development.

Johnson and Newport's study of the English proficiency of Korean and Chinese immigrants in the United States demonstrated that knowledge of English grammar was associated with the:

Which statement made by a 2-year-old is a parent MOST likely to correct?

Which phrase is LEAST likely to be spoken by a child in the telegraphic speech phase?

Preschoolers Cal and Jacob are playing with toy trucks. Jacob says, "My mommy took me to watch the construction at the end of the street." Cal responds, "This dump truck is yellow and black. I have one like this at my house." Then Jacob says, "They were digging up the road with a backhoe. They are putting a big pipe under the road." Cal then says, "I also have a green cement truck. It can turn. I got it for my birthday." This conversation is an example of: