30 Questions
Which of the following is true about language?
Language is only learned by humans
What is the unique way that adults talk to infants called?
Infant-directed speech
Which type of development involves learning about the sound system of a language?
Phonological Development
What is the main requirement for language?
Human brain
Which animal is mentioned as an example of species-universal language learning?
All animals can learn language
What is the purpose of infant-directed speech?
Helps babies learn language
Which type of development involves learning about expressing meaning?
Semantic Development
What is the effect of infant-directed speech on babies?
Captures attention; helps infants discriminate among speech sounds
Which hemisphere of the brain is involved in language specialization?
Left hemisphere
What is the purpose of infant-directed speech?
Helps babies learn language
Which type of language development involves perceiving and producing the phonemes of a language?
Phonological Development
Which of the following statements about phonological development is true?
Infants lose the ability to discriminate phonemes over the first year of life
Which type of language development involves understanding the meaning of words and phrases?
Receptive Language
At what age do infants typically start forming basic sentences or phrases?
18-24 months
What is the term for assigning a word to a more limited category than is appropriate?
Underextension
What is the assumption that each object can have only one label or name called?
Mutual Exclusivity
Which type of assumption involves the presumption that a new word being introduced is referring to the entire object?
Whole Object Assumption
What is the term for broadly applying a word to a wider category than is appropriate?
Overextension
What is the term for the ability of infants to perceive and learn regularities in language?
Statistical learning
Which type of language development involves learning how language is used in social context?
Pragmatic Development
Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?
Mommy's shoe
Which of the following is a definition of morphemes?
The basic unit of meaning in a language that can't be subdivided further.
Which of the following is an example of syntactic development?
Learning the structure and grammar rules to form sentences.
Which of the following is a definition of telegraphic speech?
A concise way of speaking where non-essential words are omitted, but the core meaning is retained.
Which of the following is an example of over-regularization?
A child saying 'goed' instead of 'went'.
Which of the following is a definition of syntactic bootstrapping?
A strategy used by children to derive the meaning of unfamiliar words by looking at the way the words are used in sentences.
Which of the following is an example of proto-conversations?
Early caregiver-infant interactions encompassing words, sounds, and gestures.
Which of the following is an example of nonverbal social cues in language learning?
Deciphering a word based on an adult's emotional reactions.
Which of the following is a key issue in language theories?
Is language innate or learned?
Which of the following is a theoretical perspective on language development?
Language as a universal and species-specific feature.
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