Child development exam 3 Ma uark
Questions with Correct Answers
Behaviorism theory of language learning - ANSWERSLanguage development is similar
to other skills (jumping, walking, eating), process of repetition, imitation, reinforcement,
and habituation. (Skinner) environment is most important factor
Nativism - ANSWERSInnate and inborn. (Chomsky)
LAD - ANSWERSLanguage Activism Device, specialized for language.
Goed - ANSWERSUnderstand abstract grammar rules. Child language development is
more than imitation.
Functional approach - ANSWERSPropose it in children bc language helps to fulfill
certain functions.
Newborn infants speech discrimination ability - ANSWERSAble to distinguish btwn
different sounds and phonemes (newborns have a preference for speech)
Newborns don't need _________ to learn language just exposure -
ANSWERSEducation.
Chimpanzees cannot spontaneously produce speech - ANSWERSTrue (the can
however express themselves through key boards)
Which is not speech ready, vocal tract or brain? - ANSWERSBrain is speech ready to
control vocal productive organ
Broca's area - ANSWERSIs responsible for speech production and comprehension.
(Language is primarily processed in the left hemisphere of the brain)
Infant directed speech - ANSWERSSpeech produced by adults when talking to young
children (higher pitch level, and wider variation of pitch level lots of fluctuations)
Brain injury and language development - ANSWERS1. If brain injury happens during
adulthood a left hemisphere damage is more likely to cause speech problems than the
right hemisphere injury
2. If the injury happens during infancy the child's language ability may be fine. (Brain is
highly plastic)
3. If it happens during infancy and the left hemisphere and right hemisphere are
damaged may have the same chance to cause language problems.
Questions with Correct Answers
Behaviorism theory of language learning - ANSWERSLanguage development is similar
to other skills (jumping, walking, eating), process of repetition, imitation, reinforcement,
and habituation. (Skinner) environment is most important factor
Nativism - ANSWERSInnate and inborn. (Chomsky)
LAD - ANSWERSLanguage Activism Device, specialized for language.
Goed - ANSWERSUnderstand abstract grammar rules. Child language development is
more than imitation.
Functional approach - ANSWERSPropose it in children bc language helps to fulfill
certain functions.
Newborn infants speech discrimination ability - ANSWERSAble to distinguish btwn
different sounds and phonemes (newborns have a preference for speech)
Newborns don't need _________ to learn language just exposure -
ANSWERSEducation.
Chimpanzees cannot spontaneously produce speech - ANSWERSTrue (the can
however express themselves through key boards)
Which is not speech ready, vocal tract or brain? - ANSWERSBrain is speech ready to
control vocal productive organ
Broca's area - ANSWERSIs responsible for speech production and comprehension.
(Language is primarily processed in the left hemisphere of the brain)
Infant directed speech - ANSWERSSpeech produced by adults when talking to young
children (higher pitch level, and wider variation of pitch level lots of fluctuations)
Brain injury and language development - ANSWERS1. If brain injury happens during
adulthood a left hemisphere damage is more likely to cause speech problems than the
right hemisphere injury
2. If the injury happens during infancy the child's language ability may be fine. (Brain is
highly plastic)
3. If it happens during infancy and the left hemisphere and right hemisphere are
damaged may have the same chance to cause language problems.
