Exam 9: B: Language and Communication

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

Children use rules such as "agent + action," "action + object," "action + location," and "attribute + entity" to

Defining a word too narrowly is known as

Which of the following is TRUE of infant-directed speech?

Which child showed overregularization?

According to the rules that young children use to learn the meanings of new words, when Ravisha points to a picture of a boy in a blue shirt and says "boy" her 13-month-old son will assume that the word "boy" refers to

Children's use of grammatical morphemes is based primarily on

As children develop the ability to use symbols, they begin to talk and

When using ________, adults speak slowly and with exaggerated changes in pitch and loudness.

The production of syllables that contain vowels and consonants is called

When children make the mistake of defining a word too broadly, it is referred to as

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

When four-year-olds talk to two-year-olds, they

One way that young infants seem to identify words is by

Two-year-old Michael already knows the meaning of the word dog. One day when he is at a park with his mother, they see a dog and his mother points to the dog and says, "That's a collie." Michael is likely to conclude that

The order in which children acquire grammatical morphemes depends on

Which of the following is a CORRECT statement concerning the rules children use to learn new words?

Which of the following statements about language development is TRUE?

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

A child who says "I am eating my lunch" instead of "Me eat" is using