WGU D094 Exam with Questions and 100%
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Susan and Mamie are at the dinner table with their mother. Mamie asks her mother,
"Can I have dessert now?" and her mother replies "Yes." Susan immediately says, "Can I
have dessert now?" Which of Skinner's key processes is Susan using in this situation?
Prompting
Imitation
Shaping
Scaffolding - ✔✔Imitation
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 - ✔✔Use 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 - ✔✔Universal 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 - ✔✔Chomsky
A toddler says, "Me so big!" The toddler's father gives her a huge smile. According to
operant conditioning which principle is the father using with his child?
Working in the child's zone of proximal development
Using universal grammar with the child
Providing the child with positive reinforcement
Allowing the child to use imitation - ✔✔Providing the child with positive
reinforcement
A child points at a dog. A mother says to the child, "Do you see the big dog?" Which of
Skinner's key processes for learning language is the mother using?
Imitating
Prompting
Shaping
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Prompting
,Little Lisa loves to snuggle with her blanket. She loves to say, "Ba, Ba," while holding it.
At which stage of language development is Lisa working?
Babbling stage
Two-word stage
Holophrastic stage
Telegraphic stage - ✔✔Prompting
The idea that language develops through our interactions with others comes from which
theorist?
Chomsky
Skinner
Vygotsky
Piaget - ✔✔Vygotsky
Nancy speaks with three-word sentences, such as "What her name?" This indicates that
Nancy has developed:
Overregularized speech
Holophrastic speech
Telegraphic speech
Organizational speech - ✔✔Telegraphic speech
Behavioral Learning theorists argue that language is acquired through
, Biologically programmed learning capacities
Imitation of others' language and reinforcement for recognizable speech
Cognitive understanding of speech sounds and their relationship to real objects and
actions
A device that allows children to sift through language and generate rules that govern
the language - ✔✔Imitation of others' language and reinforcement for recognizable
speech
Vygotsky's approach to language development focuses on which key concept?
Social interaction
Universal grammar
Prompting
Reinforcement - ✔✔Social interaction
Babbling usually occurs during which developmental age?
1-2 months of age
11 months-1.5 years of age
0-11 months of age
18-24 months of age - ✔✔0-11 months of age
At which stage of language development would a child say, "I go store Auntie."?
Holophrastic
Babbling
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Susan and Mamie are at the dinner table with their mother. Mamie asks her mother,
"Can I have dessert now?" and her mother replies "Yes." Susan immediately says, "Can I
have dessert now?" Which of Skinner's key processes is Susan using in this situation?
Prompting
Imitation
Shaping
Scaffolding - ✔✔Imitation
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 - ✔✔Use 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 - ✔✔Universal 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 - ✔✔Chomsky
A toddler says, "Me so big!" The toddler's father gives her a huge smile. According to
operant conditioning which principle is the father using with his child?
Working in the child's zone of proximal development
Using universal grammar with the child
Providing the child with positive reinforcement
Allowing the child to use imitation - ✔✔Providing the child with positive
reinforcement
A child points at a dog. A mother says to the child, "Do you see the big dog?" Which of
Skinner's key processes for learning language is the mother using?
Imitating
Prompting
Shaping
Positive reinforcement - ✔✔Prompting
,Little Lisa loves to snuggle with her blanket. She loves to say, "Ba, Ba," while holding it.
At which stage of language development is Lisa working?
Babbling stage
Two-word stage
Holophrastic stage
Telegraphic stage - ✔✔Prompting
The idea that language develops through our interactions with others comes from which
theorist?
Chomsky
Skinner
Vygotsky
Piaget - ✔✔Vygotsky
Nancy speaks with three-word sentences, such as "What her name?" This indicates that
Nancy has developed:
Overregularized speech
Holophrastic speech
Telegraphic speech
Organizational speech - ✔✔Telegraphic speech
Behavioral Learning theorists argue that language is acquired through
, Biologically programmed learning capacities
Imitation of others' language and reinforcement for recognizable speech
Cognitive understanding of speech sounds and their relationship to real objects and
actions
A device that allows children to sift through language and generate rules that govern
the language - ✔✔Imitation of others' language and reinforcement for recognizable
speech
Vygotsky's approach to language development focuses on which key concept?
Social interaction
Universal grammar
Prompting
Reinforcement - ✔✔Social interaction
Babbling usually occurs during which developmental age?
1-2 months of age
11 months-1.5 years of age
0-11 months of age
18-24 months of age - ✔✔0-11 months of age
At which stage of language development would a child say, "I go store Auntie."?
Holophrastic
Babbling
