CSD 333 Exam 2 || With complete solutions.
Around what age would we normally expect to see that infants are frequently smiling
spontaneously and starting to imitate both gesture and sounds? correct answers 6 months
What is necessarily involved when children learn words through joint attention? correct
answers Making Inferences
Newborn babies are able to produce some sounds such as hiccups, burps, and crying. Are all
of these characteristics of speech sounds? correct answers No
Characteristics of the "jargon stage" correct answers Using syllables in conjunction with
intonation of adult patterns, Using Syllables in conjunction with timing of adult patterns,
Varied consonants and vowels
What is the characteristic of the period of infants' communicative development that we call
"marginal babbling"? correct answers Producing something that sounds like syllables but not
quite
Children of mothers who provide more ______ maternal language input reach language
milestones sooner. correct answers responsive
In which period do infants normally start to control their phonation? correct answers Around
1 to 4 months
The term associated with loss of sensitivity to small acoustic differences among speech
sounds during development is called _____________. correct answers Categorical perception
At about what age does a child achieve a vocabulary size of about 50 words? correct answers
Between 18 and 24 months
By what age does the irregular past tense form of verbs typically appear in a child's
grammar? correct answers 43-46 mos
Responding to sounds by making sounds is an expected sort of behavior for a 6-month old.
correct answers true
At which age (in months) is it expected that babies may start to crawl? correct answers 9 mos
Newborns typically have acute hearing and are able to orient their gaze toward sounds or
objects of interest. correct answers false
Approximately how old are infants when they begin to produce full, canonical (CV or
CVCV) syllables? correct answers 5-10 months
Newborn infants from birth to 2 months will often produce vowel-like segments but cannot
yet produce "full" vowels in isolation. correct answers false
_______ neurons represent a type of neuron thought to be responsible for understanding the
meaning of gestures and learning language. correct answers mirror
, Babbling involving mixing vowels (such as "ninoona" or "doodeeda") is known as: correct
answers Variegated babbling
Oral structure and function starts to approximate the adult configuration at about 3 years of
age. correct answers false
Infants have a "sucking pad" that is lost around 3 months of age. correct answers false
The oral cavity in newborn human infants is optimized for speech production. correct
answers false
At what age does imperative pointing typically begin? correct answers 10 months
Which of the following parental behaviors have been shown through research to be correlated
with improved ability of infant to sustain attention later on? correct answers The parent
maintains the infant's attention
What is the earliest stage in an infant's development of joint reference and attention? correct
answers Attending to social partners
What type of communicative act is typically used to call attention to objects? correct answers
Declarative pointing
The emergence of joint attention is signaled by: correct answers Shifting attention between an
object of interest and a person
Why are newborn infants unable to produce speech sounds? correct answers 1. Their breath
support is not sufficient for spoken language
2. Their oral cavity is the wrong shape for speech and is instead specialized for feeding.
3. The cartilages surrounding the vocal folds are disproportionately large for the vocal tract at
birth.
Babbling with the intonation and timing of adult speech is known as: correct answers either
Conversational babbling or Jargon stage
Which of the following parental behaviors have been shown through research to be correlated
with infants having a larger vocabulary later on? correct answers The parent engages in
longer periods of joint attention
Several "indicators of responsiveness" were presented that can be considered "best practices"
for caregivers to interact with infants in order to promote language development. Which of
the following are consistent with these guidelines? correct answers Using a variety of
questions or a variety of labels and Expanding on communicative attempts and extending the
input
Fetuses "prefer" their own mother's voice over that of a stranger, as indicated by fetal heart
rate. correct answers true
Fetuses show evidence of recognizing speech previously spoken. correct answers true
Around what age would we normally expect to see that infants are frequently smiling
spontaneously and starting to imitate both gesture and sounds? correct answers 6 months
What is necessarily involved when children learn words through joint attention? correct
answers Making Inferences
Newborn babies are able to produce some sounds such as hiccups, burps, and crying. Are all
of these characteristics of speech sounds? correct answers No
Characteristics of the "jargon stage" correct answers Using syllables in conjunction with
intonation of adult patterns, Using Syllables in conjunction with timing of adult patterns,
Varied consonants and vowels
What is the characteristic of the period of infants' communicative development that we call
"marginal babbling"? correct answers Producing something that sounds like syllables but not
quite
Children of mothers who provide more ______ maternal language input reach language
milestones sooner. correct answers responsive
In which period do infants normally start to control their phonation? correct answers Around
1 to 4 months
The term associated with loss of sensitivity to small acoustic differences among speech
sounds during development is called _____________. correct answers Categorical perception
At about what age does a child achieve a vocabulary size of about 50 words? correct answers
Between 18 and 24 months
By what age does the irregular past tense form of verbs typically appear in a child's
grammar? correct answers 43-46 mos
Responding to sounds by making sounds is an expected sort of behavior for a 6-month old.
correct answers true
At which age (in months) is it expected that babies may start to crawl? correct answers 9 mos
Newborns typically have acute hearing and are able to orient their gaze toward sounds or
objects of interest. correct answers false
Approximately how old are infants when they begin to produce full, canonical (CV or
CVCV) syllables? correct answers 5-10 months
Newborn infants from birth to 2 months will often produce vowel-like segments but cannot
yet produce "full" vowels in isolation. correct answers false
_______ neurons represent a type of neuron thought to be responsible for understanding the
meaning of gestures and learning language. correct answers mirror
, Babbling involving mixing vowels (such as "ninoona" or "doodeeda") is known as: correct
answers Variegated babbling
Oral structure and function starts to approximate the adult configuration at about 3 years of
age. correct answers false
Infants have a "sucking pad" that is lost around 3 months of age. correct answers false
The oral cavity in newborn human infants is optimized for speech production. correct
answers false
At what age does imperative pointing typically begin? correct answers 10 months
Which of the following parental behaviors have been shown through research to be correlated
with improved ability of infant to sustain attention later on? correct answers The parent
maintains the infant's attention
What is the earliest stage in an infant's development of joint reference and attention? correct
answers Attending to social partners
What type of communicative act is typically used to call attention to objects? correct answers
Declarative pointing
The emergence of joint attention is signaled by: correct answers Shifting attention between an
object of interest and a person
Why are newborn infants unable to produce speech sounds? correct answers 1. Their breath
support is not sufficient for spoken language
2. Their oral cavity is the wrong shape for speech and is instead specialized for feeding.
3. The cartilages surrounding the vocal folds are disproportionately large for the vocal tract at
birth.
Babbling with the intonation and timing of adult speech is known as: correct answers either
Conversational babbling or Jargon stage
Which of the following parental behaviors have been shown through research to be correlated
with infants having a larger vocabulary later on? correct answers The parent engages in
longer periods of joint attention
Several "indicators of responsiveness" were presented that can be considered "best practices"
for caregivers to interact with infants in order to promote language development. Which of
the following are consistent with these guidelines? correct answers Using a variety of
questions or a variety of labels and Expanding on communicative attempts and extending the
input
Fetuses "prefer" their own mother's voice over that of a stranger, as indicated by fetal heart
rate. correct answers true
Fetuses show evidence of recognizing speech previously spoken. correct answers true
