The Power of Language
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Which of the following is true about language?

  • Language is only learned by humans (correct)
  • Language is learned by both humans and animals
  • Language is only learned by animals
  • Language is not learned by any living beings

    • What is the unique way that adults talk to infants called?

  • Infant-directed speech (correct)
  • Adult-directed speech
  • Child-directed speech
  • Baby-directed speech

    • Which type of development involves learning about the sound system of a language?

  • Pragmatic Development
  • Phonological Development (correct)
  • Semantic Development
  • Syntactic Development

    • What is the main requirement for language?

    <p>Human brain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which animal is mentioned as an example of species-universal language learning?

    <p>All animals can learn language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of infant-directed speech?

    <p>Helps babies learn language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of development involves learning about expressing meaning?

    <p>Semantic Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of infant-directed speech on babies?

    <p>Captures attention; helps infants discriminate among speech sounds</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hemisphere of the brain is involved in language specialization?

    <p>Left hemisphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of infant-directed speech?

    <p>Helps babies learn language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of language development involves perceiving and producing the phonemes of a language?

    <p>Phonological Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements about phonological development is true?

    <p>Infants lose the ability to discriminate phonemes over the first year of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of language development involves understanding the meaning of words and phrases?

    <p>Receptive Language</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age do infants typically start forming basic sentences or phrases?

    <p>18-24 months</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for assigning a word to a more limited category than is appropriate?

    <p>Underextension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the assumption that each object can have only one label or name called?

    <p>Mutual Exclusivity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of assumption involves the presumption that a new word being introduced is referring to the entire object?

    <p>Whole Object Assumption</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for broadly applying a word to a wider category than is appropriate?

    <p>Overextension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the ability of infants to perceive and learn regularities in language?

    <p>Statistical learning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of language development involves learning how language is used in social context?

    <p>Pragmatic Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?

    <p>Mommy's shoe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a definition of morphemes?

    <p>The basic unit of meaning in a language that can't be subdivided further.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of syntactic development?

    <p>Learning the structure and grammar rules to form sentences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a definition of telegraphic speech?

    <p>A concise way of speaking where non-essential words are omitted, but the core meaning is retained.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of over-regularization?

    <p>A child saying 'goed' instead of 'went'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a definition of syntactic bootstrapping?

    <p>A strategy used by children to derive the meaning of unfamiliar words by looking at the way the words are used in sentences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of proto-conversations?

    <p>Early caregiver-infant interactions encompassing words, sounds, and gestures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of nonverbal social cues in language learning?

    <p>Deciphering a word based on an adult's emotional reactions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a key issue in language theories?

    <p>Is language innate or learned?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a theoretical perspective on language development?

    <p>Language as a universal and species-specific feature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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