At what age do rituals and game playing emerge?
A) birth
B) 3-4 months
C) 6-9 months
D) 12-18 months - Answers 3-4 months
At about 8-9 months, infants develop ______ interactions.
A) reciprocity
B) stimulus-respose sequence
C) object permanence
D) intentionality - Answers intentionality
The first meaningful word occurs around
A) 6 months
B) 12 months
C) 24 months
D) 36 months - Answers 12 months
By _______, children produce about 50 words and begin to combine words predictably.
A) 12 months
B) 18 months
C) 24 months
D) 36 months - Answers 18 months
Each child has a personal dictionary, or _____ that reflects his/her environment.
A) semantic groups
B) lexicon
C) both a & b
, D) none of the above - Answers lexicon
What is reformulation?
A) caregivers repeat the child's utterances in mature form
B) children repeat phrases using the same word in each sentence
C) children are taught to self-correct their errors
D) none of the above - Answers caregivers repeat the child's utterances in mature form
______ is inferring meaning from context and using the word in a similar manner
A) reformulation
B) figurative language
C) fast mapping
D) metalinguistics - Answers fast mapping
About 90% of adult syntax is acquired by age
A) 5
B) 8
C) 12
D) 15 - Answers 5
Language becomes more complex as it becomes longer, and can be calculated in
A) mean length utterance
B) syntactical complexity units
C) morphological counts
D) none of the above - Answers mean length utterance
______ allow(s) the child to consider language in the abstract, make judgements about its
correctness, and create verbal contexts.
A) pragmatics development
B) generalization
C) representation