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SLHS 115 Exam 2 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Language Impairment Answer: Heterogenous group, disorders/delays
that are causes by communication disorders (including form, content,
and use)
Intentionality Answer: Intention to influence who we are
communicating with (can be gestures or verbal, begins at 8-9 months)
PCFs/protowards Answer: Consistent vocal patterns that are often
paired with gestures (only applies to infants)
Representation Answer: Process of having one thing stand for another
(such as using a piece of paper as a blanket for a doll)
Symbolization Answer: Arbitrary symbol that stands for something
("mom" represents the biological person who gave birth to the child)
Lexicon Answer: Personal dictionary
Reciprocal process/responding vocally to partner, recognizing sounds,
cooing and other sounds, facial recognition Answer: 3 months/shortly
after birth
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Use of gestures Answer: 8 months
Eyes move in direction of sound, pay attention to music, babbling
begins (sounds more like speech than cooing), vocalize pleasure and
displeasure Answer: 4-6 months
first words spoken Answer: 12 months
Proper syntax Answer: 18 months
Adds bound morphemes Answer: 2 years
More adult-like sentence structure Answer: 3 years
Tailors talking style depending on partner, most language is learned,
enjoy stories Answer: 4-5 years
Reading and writing/visual mode of communication Answer: 6 years
Reformulation Answer: This is when the adult repeats back to the
child in the correct way
Mean length utterance (MLU) Answer: This is how we describe
children's language development
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Fast mapping Answer: child infers the meaning of a word from
context and then uses that word in a similar manner
Metalinguistic skills Answer: Enables a child to consider language in
the abstract
Figurative language Answer: This is school-age children's ability to
understand sarcasm and other things we say with ulterior meanings
Focusing on both an object and a second party Answer: Joint reference
Caregiver pays close attention to what the child is communicating and
then responds in a way that meets the child's needs - indicators =
Answer: Caregiver responsiveness
Cooing, different cries for different needs, responds vocally to partner
Answer: Vocal development 0-3 months
Gurgling, more speech-like babbling, laugh/vocalize pleasure Answer:
Vocal development 4-6 months
Babbling changes and combines more sounds, speech sounds are used
for more than just gaining attention, protowards with intentionality
Answer: Vocal development 7-12 months
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12 months - child must store sounds, use these sounds for later
comparison, and then relate these sounds to meaning Answer: First
word: approximate age, what are the components that make a "true"
word
-Combining words and adding bound morphemes
-About 50 single words
-3-4 word combinations Answer: Major achievements at 18-24 months
(number of words, types of word combinations)
preschool Answer: Age fast-mapping begins
Recounting the past, remembering personal stories, Answer: Why
preschoolers communicate
Hypotheses, feedback and models from caregivers (ex. reformulation)
Answer: What does speech development depend on for preschoolers
Longer and more complex, adult-like negative, interrogative, and
imperative sentence forms, compound sentences Answer: Syntax
achievements for preschoolers
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SLHS 115 Exam 2 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
Language Impairment Answer: Heterogenous group, disorders/delays
that are causes by communication disorders (including form, content,
and use)
Intentionality Answer: Intention to influence who we are
communicating with (can be gestures or verbal, begins at 8-9 months)
PCFs/protowards Answer: Consistent vocal patterns that are often
paired with gestures (only applies to infants)
Representation Answer: Process of having one thing stand for another
(such as using a piece of paper as a blanket for a doll)
Symbolization Answer: Arbitrary symbol that stands for something
("mom" represents the biological person who gave birth to the child)
Lexicon Answer: Personal dictionary
Reciprocal process/responding vocally to partner, recognizing sounds,
cooing and other sounds, facial recognition Answer: 3 months/shortly
after birth
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Use of gestures Answer: 8 months
Eyes move in direction of sound, pay attention to music, babbling
begins (sounds more like speech than cooing), vocalize pleasure and
displeasure Answer: 4-6 months
first words spoken Answer: 12 months
Proper syntax Answer: 18 months
Adds bound morphemes Answer: 2 years
More adult-like sentence structure Answer: 3 years
Tailors talking style depending on partner, most language is learned,
enjoy stories Answer: 4-5 years
Reading and writing/visual mode of communication Answer: 6 years
Reformulation Answer: This is when the adult repeats back to the
child in the correct way
Mean length utterance (MLU) Answer: This is how we describe
children's language development
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Fast mapping Answer: child infers the meaning of a word from
context and then uses that word in a similar manner
Metalinguistic skills Answer: Enables a child to consider language in
the abstract
Figurative language Answer: This is school-age children's ability to
understand sarcasm and other things we say with ulterior meanings
Focusing on both an object and a second party Answer: Joint reference
Caregiver pays close attention to what the child is communicating and
then responds in a way that meets the child's needs - indicators =
Answer: Caregiver responsiveness
Cooing, different cries for different needs, responds vocally to partner
Answer: Vocal development 0-3 months
Gurgling, more speech-like babbling, laugh/vocalize pleasure Answer:
Vocal development 4-6 months
Babbling changes and combines more sounds, speech sounds are used
for more than just gaining attention, protowards with intentionality
Answer: Vocal development 7-12 months
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12 months - child must store sounds, use these sounds for later
comparison, and then relate these sounds to meaning Answer: First
word: approximate age, what are the components that make a "true"
word
-Combining words and adding bound morphemes
-About 50 single words
-3-4 word combinations Answer: Major achievements at 18-24 months
(number of words, types of word combinations)
preschool Answer: Age fast-mapping begins
Recounting the past, remembering personal stories, Answer: Why
preschoolers communicate
Hypotheses, feedback and models from caregivers (ex. reformulation)
Answer: What does speech development depend on for preschoolers
Longer and more complex, adult-like negative, interrogative, and
imperative sentence forms, compound sentences Answer: Syntax
achievements for preschoolers
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