A Topical Approach to Lifespan Development Chapter Review
Notes and Key Concepts Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: Joe is a native English speaker. He is having a hard time learning to speak Spanish because
he intuitively wants to put adjectives before nouns. Joe is having a problem with: _________
Answer: Syntax
Question 2: Syntax
Answer: ways words are combined to form acceptable
phrases ans sentences
Question 3: Which aspect of language deals with the meaning of words and sentences?
Answer: Semantics
Question 4: Pragmatics
Answer: Appropriate use of language in context; can
be very complex
Question 5: Crying present at
Answer: birth
Question 6: Cooing occurs at
Answer: 2-4 months of age
Question 7: Babbling begins at about
Answer: 6 months
Question 8: Gestures begin at
Answer: 8-12 months
Question 9: Infants recognize __ sounds. "citizens of the world"
Answer: language
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, Question 10: Newborns recognize sound ___
Answer: changes
Question 11: Infants recognize own language sounds at
Answer: 6 months
Question 12: First words receptive __ spoken vocabulary
Answer: exceeds
Question 13: Receptive vocabulary
Answer: words the child understands
Question 14: Spoken vocabulary
Answer: words the child uses
Question 15: Asian child learns __ earlier than child learning English
Answer: verbs
Question 16: Referential style
Answer: frequently using words that refer to
objects. Describe events, people, animals, and food
Question 17: Expressive style
Answer: a greater use of pronouns and socially
linked words; Examples-hello, bye bye
Question 18: Overextension of words
Answer: to apply a word to objects that
are inappropriate for the words meaning. saying "dada" to every
man they see
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Notes and Key Concepts Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: Joe is a native English speaker. He is having a hard time learning to speak Spanish because
he intuitively wants to put adjectives before nouns. Joe is having a problem with: _________
Answer: Syntax
Question 2: Syntax
Answer: ways words are combined to form acceptable
phrases ans sentences
Question 3: Which aspect of language deals with the meaning of words and sentences?
Answer: Semantics
Question 4: Pragmatics
Answer: Appropriate use of language in context; can
be very complex
Question 5: Crying present at
Answer: birth
Question 6: Cooing occurs at
Answer: 2-4 months of age
Question 7: Babbling begins at about
Answer: 6 months
Question 8: Gestures begin at
Answer: 8-12 months
Question 9: Infants recognize __ sounds. "citizens of the world"
Answer: language
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, Question 10: Newborns recognize sound ___
Answer: changes
Question 11: Infants recognize own language sounds at
Answer: 6 months
Question 12: First words receptive __ spoken vocabulary
Answer: exceeds
Question 13: Receptive vocabulary
Answer: words the child understands
Question 14: Spoken vocabulary
Answer: words the child uses
Question 15: Asian child learns __ earlier than child learning English
Answer: verbs
Question 16: Referential style
Answer: frequently using words that refer to
objects. Describe events, people, animals, and food
Question 17: Expressive style
Answer: a greater use of pronouns and socially
linked words; Examples-hello, bye bye
Question 18: Overextension of words
Answer: to apply a word to objects that
are inappropriate for the words meaning. saying "dada" to every
man they see
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