Question 1

The use of short,precise words to communicate in a minimum of two-word utterances is called

Accepted Answer

A)  overextension. 
B)  telegraphic speech. 
C)  a holophrase. 
D)  expanding.

Question 2

While sitting at a baseball game,De Andre points to a weeping baby and says,"Baby cry." De Andre's big sister Rose responds,"Yes,the baby is crying.The baby is crying a lot." Rose is enhancing De Andre's language acquisition through

Accepted Answer

A)  echoing. 
B)  labeling. 
C)  expanding. 
D)  motherese.

Question 3

There are essentially two basic and separate issues involved in exploring connections between language and cognition.Which of the following are the correct issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Is cognition necessary for language and is language necessary to cognition? 
B)  Is language development necessary for the first year of life and is a language delay a problem? 
C)  Is Roger Brown connected to Vygotsky in theory and is Vygotsky connected to Piaget in theory? 
D)  Both the question is language development necessary for the first year of life and is a language delay a problem,and the question of whether Brown is connected to Vygotsky in theory and is Vygotsky connected to Piaget in theory.

Question 4

During _____________________ years,a change occurs in the way children think about words.They become less tied to the actions and perceptual dimensions associated with words,and they become more analytical in their approach to words.

Accepted Answer

A)  middle childhood 
B)  late childhood 
C)  preschool 
D)  both the middle and late-childhood

Question 5

Children who begin elementary school with a small vocabulary are at risk when it comes to

Accepted Answer

A)  paying attention. 
B)  making friends. 
C)  learning how to read. 
D)  sitting in their seats.

Question 6

Wendy Verougstraete has Williams syndrome,a genetic birth disorder that was first described in 1961 and affects about 1 in 20,000 births.Which one of the following is not a feature of this syndrome?

Accepted Answer

A)  unique combination of expressive verbal skills 
B)  extremely low IQ 
C)  limited spatial control 
D)  excellent motor control

Question 7

Barbara is trying to promote infant language development in her child.She should

Accepted Answer

A)  be an active conversation partner with her infant or child. 
B)  talk as if the infant understands what is being said. 
C)  use a comfortable language style. 
D)  All of these.

Question 8

Which English-speaking adolescent would most likely know who is getting hit in the sentence "George was hit by John"?

Accepted Answer

A)  one who understands syntax 
B)  one who understands displacement 
C)  one who understands generativity 
D)  one who understands morphology

Question 9

In terms of writing,adolescents are better at

Accepted Answer

A)  writing than children are. 
B)  organizing ideas before they write. 
C)  distinguishing between general and specific points as they write. 
D)  All of these.

Question 10

Piaget's concept of the _________________________ has been the focus of some research that links cognitive and language development.

Accepted Answer

A)  sensorimotor stage 
B)  ability to understand conservation 
C)  ability to understand object permanence 
D)  preoperational stage

Question 11

The sentence The mobile laughed at the baby until she cried violates the language rule of

Accepted Answer

A)  syntax. 
B)  pragmatics. 
C)  semantics. 
D)  phonology.

Question 12

Three-year-old Elizabeth says to her mother,"We went to the playground." Her mother asks her,"When did you go to the playground?" This strategy used to enhance Elizabeth's language is called

Accepted Answer

A)  echoing. 
B)  labeling. 
C)  recasting. 
D)  expanding.

Question 13

Researchers have found that the quantity of talk

Accepted Answer

A)  that parents direct to their children is linked with the child's vocabulary growth. 
B)  is linked to the socioeconomic status of the family. 
C)  Both of these answers are correct. 
D)  Neither of these answers is correct.

Question 14

Which statement describes Broca's area?

Accepted Answer

A)  It controls muscles involved in speech production. 
B)  It is involved in language comprehension. 
C)  It is found in both brain hemispheres. 
D)  It is the location of the language acquisition device.

Question 15

The infant's spoken vocabulary rapidly increases once the first word is spoken._______________ is a label that has been given to the rapid increase in an infant's vocabulary that begins to occur at approximately ____ months of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vocabulary spurt; 18 
B)  Improvement; 12 
C)  Language; 15 
D)  Growth spurt; 12

Question 16

When walking through a zoo,2-year-old Oliver says,"Elephants are big." One way that his mother can enhance his language development is through recasting.She could accomplish this by saying

Accepted Answer

A)  "Good job!" 
B)  "That was very observant." 
C)  "Did you also see the monkey?" 
D)  "Was the elephant really big?"

Question 17

________________________ is an implied comparison between unlike things.

Accepted Answer

A)  Similarity 
B)  Satire 
C)  Metaphor 
D)  Vocabulary

Question 18

List six symptoms or characteristics involved with Williams syndrome.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List six symptoms or characteristics involved with...

Question 19

When Doug drops his 1-year-old son off at the day-care center,the child-care worker approaches the son and says in a high-pitched voice,"Does baby want to play with the ball-ball today?" This care worker is

Accepted Answer

A)  using child-directed speech. 
B)  expanding. 
C)  recasting. 
D)  echoing.

Question 20

When discussing bilingualism,the United States is typically

Accepted Answer

A)  praised for its effort to encourage bilingual education. 
B)  ridiculed for being one of the few countries where bilingualism is the exception rather than the norm. 
C)  seen as a "role model" for its development of effective bilingual programs. 
D)  viewed as unique,since it is one of the few nations to recognize the importance of bilingualism for success in the global economy of the next century.

Exam 9: Language Development