A child says, "C," and the dad gives the child a cookie. A child says, "Coo, " and the dad gives the child a
cookie. The child says, "Cook," and the dad gives the child a cookie. The child says, "Cookie" and the dad
gives the child a cookie. Which of Skinner's key processes for learning language is the father using?
Imitating
Prompting
Shaping
Repetition - ANSWERSShaping
At what age can children be expected to understand words of order and time and to use sentences that
have more than one action word?
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years - ANSWERS4-5 years
At which stage of language development would a child say, "Nancy thirsty!"?
Holophrastic
Babbling
Two-word
Telegraphic - ANSWERSUniversal grammar
Children between the ages of 3 to 6 years of age can be expected to:
Tell a story
,Make jokes or tease others
Express their opinions
Use figurative language - ANSWERSTell a story
A child says, "C," and the dad gives the child a cookie. A child says, "Coo, " and the dad gives the child a
cookie. The child says, "Cook," and the dad gives the child a cookie. The child says, "Cookie" and the dad
gives the child a cookie. Which of Skinner's key processes for learning language is the father using?
Imitating
Prompting
Shaping
Repetition - ANSWERSshaping
At what age can children be expected to understand words of order and time and to use sentences that
have more than one action word?
1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years - ANSWERS4-5 years
By age 7, children can be expected to:
Tell a story
Make jokes or tease others
Express their opinions
Use figurative language - ANSWERSmake jokes or tease others
At what age can a child be expected to understand opposites like go-stop, big-little, and up-down or to
talk about things that are not in the room?
, 1-2 years
2-3 years
3-4 years
4-5 years - ANSWERS2-3 years
By 11-18 years of age, children and teens can be expected to:
Tell a story
Make jokes or tease others
Express their opinions
Use figurative language - ANSWERSUse figurative language
Chomsky theorizes that all languages follow certain basic rules. What does he call his theory?
Language acquisition device
Universal grammar
The stages of language development
The rules of language development - ANSWERSUniversal grammar
Which theorist believed that language is biological and that we have a Language Acquisition Device that
enables us to learn language?
Chomsky
Skinner
Vygotsky
Piaget - ANSWERSChomsky