TEST BANK
Language Development An
Introduction, 10Eth Edition by
Robert E. Owens
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 12)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1. The Territory
2. Describing Language
3. Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
4. Cognitive, Perceptual and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
5. The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
6. Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
7. First Words and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
8. Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
9. Preschool Development of Language Form
10. Early School-Age Language Development
11. School-Age Literacy Development
12. Adolescent and Adult Language
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch12-1)
Language Development: An Introduction, 10e (Owens)
Chapter 12 Adolescent and Adult Language
12.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following do teens RARELY exhibit in conversations with peers?
A) showing negative emotions
B) turning away
C) requesting clarification
D) all of the above
Answer: D
2) What aspect of adult language is likely to improve up until the 70s?
A) understanding syntactically complex sentences
B) inferencing
C) narrative abilities
D) written language comprehension
E) all of the above
Answer: C
3) Gender differences in conversation can be noted in:
A) vocabulary use.
B) regional dialect use.
C) conversational styles.
D) A and C
Answer: D
4) In relation to women, men
A) talk more.
B) use less coarse language.
C) interrupt less.
D) maintain more eye contact.
E) discuss more about their feelings.
Answer: A
5) Myelination is complete in early adulthood and dendritic pruning ________.
A) is also complete at this time
B) continues into adolescence
C) continues into middle age
D) is never complete
Answer: B
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, 6) Adult definitions ________.
A) are more abstract
B) are more descriptive
C) have concrete terms and references
D) all of the above
Answer: D
7) Which of the following parent-child behaviors are NOT seen based on gender?
A) Mothers call their sons "honey" and "sweetie," but don't use the same terms with their
daughters.
B) Fathers use the diminutive form more with their daughters than with their sons.
C) Fathers interrupt their daughters more often than their sons.
D) Mothers talk to their daughters longer than they talk to their sons.
Answer: A
8) Which of the following is NOT a typical topic for a kindergarten boy?
A) self
B) physical movement
C) sports
D) school
Answer: D
9) In terms of semantic development, we'd expect typical older adults to have some deficits in all
of the following areas EXCEPT
A) accuracy of word retrieval.
B) loss of lexical items.
C) speed of word retrieval.
D) naming.
Answer: B
10) Much of the increase in language complexity into adulthood is in the use of
A) independent clauses.
B) embedding.
C) dependent clauses.
D) conjoining.
Answer: C
11) Idioms and proverbs that are
A) familiar.
B) supported by context.
C) transparent.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
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Language Development An
Introduction, 10Eth Edition by
Robert E. Owens
Complete Chapter Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 12)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1. The Territory
2. Describing Language
3. Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
4. Cognitive, Perceptual and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
5. The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
6. Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
7. First Words and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
8. Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
9. Preschool Development of Language Form
10. Early School-Age Language Development
11. School-Age Literacy Development
12. Adolescent and Adult Language
,The test bank is organized in reverse order, with the last chapter displayed first, to ensure that all
chapters are included in this document. (Complete Chapters included Ch12-1)
Language Development: An Introduction, 10e (Owens)
Chapter 12 Adolescent and Adult Language
12.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following do teens RARELY exhibit in conversations with peers?
A) showing negative emotions
B) turning away
C) requesting clarification
D) all of the above
Answer: D
2) What aspect of adult language is likely to improve up until the 70s?
A) understanding syntactically complex sentences
B) inferencing
C) narrative abilities
D) written language comprehension
E) all of the above
Answer: C
3) Gender differences in conversation can be noted in:
A) vocabulary use.
B) regional dialect use.
C) conversational styles.
D) A and C
Answer: D
4) In relation to women, men
A) talk more.
B) use less coarse language.
C) interrupt less.
D) maintain more eye contact.
E) discuss more about their feelings.
Answer: A
5) Myelination is complete in early adulthood and dendritic pruning ________.
A) is also complete at this time
B) continues into adolescence
C) continues into middle age
D) is never complete
Answer: B
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, 6) Adult definitions ________.
A) are more abstract
B) are more descriptive
C) have concrete terms and references
D) all of the above
Answer: D
7) Which of the following parent-child behaviors are NOT seen based on gender?
A) Mothers call their sons "honey" and "sweetie," but don't use the same terms with their
daughters.
B) Fathers use the diminutive form more with their daughters than with their sons.
C) Fathers interrupt their daughters more often than their sons.
D) Mothers talk to their daughters longer than they talk to their sons.
Answer: A
8) Which of the following is NOT a typical topic for a kindergarten boy?
A) self
B) physical movement
C) sports
D) school
Answer: D
9) In terms of semantic development, we'd expect typical older adults to have some deficits in all
of the following areas EXCEPT
A) accuracy of word retrieval.
B) loss of lexical items.
C) speed of word retrieval.
D) naming.
Answer: B
10) Much of the increase in language complexity into adulthood is in the use of
A) independent clauses.
B) embedding.
C) dependent clauses.
D) conjoining.
Answer: C
11) Idioms and proverbs that are
A) familiar.
B) supported by context.
C) transparent.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
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