Rated
The area that primarily deals with written and spoken language comprehension is - Correct Answer
Wernicke's area
This approach to teaching reading focuses on teaching small units of separate speech sounds called
phonemes and how, when combined together, form words. - Correct Answer phonics approach
This learning disability is characterized by the difficulty in separating sounds in both spoken and written
words, making it difficult to spell and read text. - Correct Answer dyslexia
From a behavioristic view, Skinner argued that we learn language via - Correct Answer operant
conditioning and the use of reinforcement.
A morpheme is - Correct Answer the smallest unit of meaning in a language.
If you were interested in the grammer of language, you would study - Correct Answer syntax
According to content presented in lecure modules, what is generalized imitation of language? - Correct
Answer When a child imitates behavior that have not yet led to reinforcement.
One-syllable sounds that are combined repetitively around the age of 4 to 6 months: - Correct Answer
Babbling
According to lecture modules , the five-step process for language development explains the process by
which a response becomes _____________ reinfroced, and thus continues to be emitted more
frequently in the future. - Correct Answer automatically
According to lecture modules, one of the early steps in the five-step process of language development is
that sounds of the native language become secondary reinforcers. What happens next? - Correct Answer
During babbling, one of these sounds is emitted (by luck).