ABSC 160 Exam 3-Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert
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Phonology - ✔✔the study of the sounds of a language
Syntax - ✔✔the grammar of a language, how we put words in order and how we change
words in a rule-based fashion to create meanings
Morpheme - ✔✔the smallest unit that has meaning in a language
Phoneme - ✔✔the smallest distinct sound in a particular language
Semantics - ✔✔The meaning of words and sentences
Pragmatics - ✔✔The use of language in different social settings
Theories of language development: Behaviorism - ✔✔Behaviorism: B.F. Skinner's language
is also shaped through operant conditioning and the use of reinforcement, basic learning
principles of the theory of behaviorism, other people reinforce infants' speech
Theories of language development: Cognitive - ✔✔Cognitive- Noam Chomsky word order,
miracle theory- that it just happened from being exposed from it
Brocas area - ✔✔the part of the brain that is apart of the physical production of speech,
produces movement of the tongue and lips
Wernickes area - ✔✔part of the brain that has to do with understanding the meaning in
speech
Prenatal - ✔✔capable of hearing spoken language, which influences preferences for
language sounds after birth
, Infancy - ✔✔Initially distinguishing sounds in all languages and narrowing to the sounds in
the infants native language only
Crying - ✔✔differentiated for parents by intensity rather than the meaning of specific cries
Cooing - ✔✔soft vowel sounds such as ooh and aah
Babbling - ✔✔repeated syllables leading to varied syllable combinations
Toddlerhood - ✔✔single words, vocabulary spurt, two work combinations
Phonics approach - ✔✔An approach to teaching reading that starts with basic elements like
letters and phonemes and teaches children that phonemes can be combined into words
before moving on to reading as a whole.
Whole language approach - ✔✔A way to teach reading that emphasizes understanding the
meaning of words from the context in which they appear.
Language disorder - ✔✔A disorder in which a child's understanding and use of language is
significantly below his nonverbal intelligence.
Speech sound disorder - ✔✔Difficulty producing or using sounds at an age-appropriate level
Generalized imitation - ✔✔occurs when a child imitates behaviors that have not yet led to
reinforcement. This happens because of a history with other imitative behavior is being
reinforced
Five-step process for language development - ✔✔1. Parents use the sound of child's native
language
2. Sounds of native language become secondary reinforcers
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Phonology - ✔✔the study of the sounds of a language
Syntax - ✔✔the grammar of a language, how we put words in order and how we change
words in a rule-based fashion to create meanings
Morpheme - ✔✔the smallest unit that has meaning in a language
Phoneme - ✔✔the smallest distinct sound in a particular language
Semantics - ✔✔The meaning of words and sentences
Pragmatics - ✔✔The use of language in different social settings
Theories of language development: Behaviorism - ✔✔Behaviorism: B.F. Skinner's language
is also shaped through operant conditioning and the use of reinforcement, basic learning
principles of the theory of behaviorism, other people reinforce infants' speech
Theories of language development: Cognitive - ✔✔Cognitive- Noam Chomsky word order,
miracle theory- that it just happened from being exposed from it
Brocas area - ✔✔the part of the brain that is apart of the physical production of speech,
produces movement of the tongue and lips
Wernickes area - ✔✔part of the brain that has to do with understanding the meaning in
speech
Prenatal - ✔✔capable of hearing spoken language, which influences preferences for
language sounds after birth
, Infancy - ✔✔Initially distinguishing sounds in all languages and narrowing to the sounds in
the infants native language only
Crying - ✔✔differentiated for parents by intensity rather than the meaning of specific cries
Cooing - ✔✔soft vowel sounds such as ooh and aah
Babbling - ✔✔repeated syllables leading to varied syllable combinations
Toddlerhood - ✔✔single words, vocabulary spurt, two work combinations
Phonics approach - ✔✔An approach to teaching reading that starts with basic elements like
letters and phonemes and teaches children that phonemes can be combined into words
before moving on to reading as a whole.
Whole language approach - ✔✔A way to teach reading that emphasizes understanding the
meaning of words from the context in which they appear.
Language disorder - ✔✔A disorder in which a child's understanding and use of language is
significantly below his nonverbal intelligence.
Speech sound disorder - ✔✔Difficulty producing or using sounds at an age-appropriate level
Generalized imitation - ✔✔occurs when a child imitates behaviors that have not yet led to
reinforcement. This happens because of a history with other imitative behavior is being
reinforced
Five-step process for language development - ✔✔1. Parents use the sound of child's native
language
2. Sounds of native language become secondary reinforcers
