PSY 130 EXAM 2 Questions solved 100%
Correct (latest update 2025).
goldfish versus broccoli - ✔✔14 months fail.
18 months pass
infant directed speech: - ✔✔clearer to understand
easier to learn
convey meaning through pitch, example: "you're a dumb dog"
features of babbling: what's the main purpose? - ✔✔main purpose= PRACTICE!
First words, what age? what kinds of words? - ✔✔-12-18 months
-common first words: mom and dad, content, nouns, labels
error of 1 word stage: - ✔✔overextending
e.g.: calling a dog a cow- because infants will call something whatever word they have available
to them
2 word stage: what age, what's the term - ✔✔around 6 months
TELEGRAPHIC
, what's important to remember about language? - ✔✔comprehension precedes production
constraints on word meaning - ✔✔1) whole object bias: children assume words refer
to entire objects instead of small parts
2) mutual exclusivity: if encounter new object, assume new word goes with new object
(DEFINITELY ON TEST)
3) social cues: eye gaze- joint attention condition, speakers intention- let's "dax" mickey
mouse!, speaker reliability- 3 year olds don't trust unreliable speakers
critical period: is it always possible to acquire a new language? - ✔✔- no. because you
aren't taught in infant-directed speech as an adult, you aren't immersed in the language, adult
are taught explicit rules before they can practice the language.
when does the self emerge? - ✔✔-at 3 months, string-mobile experiment shows that
infants know that they can affect their environment, but the self doesn't show up until 18-24
months
mirror task and the self - ✔✔infants 18-24 months old+, dolphins, elephants, chimpanzees,
crows, orcas
Correct (latest update 2025).
goldfish versus broccoli - ✔✔14 months fail.
18 months pass
infant directed speech: - ✔✔clearer to understand
easier to learn
convey meaning through pitch, example: "you're a dumb dog"
features of babbling: what's the main purpose? - ✔✔main purpose= PRACTICE!
First words, what age? what kinds of words? - ✔✔-12-18 months
-common first words: mom and dad, content, nouns, labels
error of 1 word stage: - ✔✔overextending
e.g.: calling a dog a cow- because infants will call something whatever word they have available
to them
2 word stage: what age, what's the term - ✔✔around 6 months
TELEGRAPHIC
, what's important to remember about language? - ✔✔comprehension precedes production
constraints on word meaning - ✔✔1) whole object bias: children assume words refer
to entire objects instead of small parts
2) mutual exclusivity: if encounter new object, assume new word goes with new object
(DEFINITELY ON TEST)
3) social cues: eye gaze- joint attention condition, speakers intention- let's "dax" mickey
mouse!, speaker reliability- 3 year olds don't trust unreliable speakers
critical period: is it always possible to acquire a new language? - ✔✔- no. because you
aren't taught in infant-directed speech as an adult, you aren't immersed in the language, adult
are taught explicit rules before they can practice the language.
when does the self emerge? - ✔✔-at 3 months, string-mobile experiment shows that
infants know that they can affect their environment, but the self doesn't show up until 18-24
months
mirror task and the self - ✔✔infants 18-24 months old+, dolphins, elephants, chimpanzees,
crows, orcas
