PSYC 2070 - Exam 3 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers!! (2026/2027)
Fundamentals of Language - ANSWER--Form of
communication; spoken, written, or sign-based on a
system of symbols.
Phonemes - ANSWER--Basic units of sounds in a
language.
Morphemes - ANSWER--Smallest language unit that has
meaning.
,Morphology (maybe study or not) - ANSWER--Rules
governing formation of meaningful words from sounds.
Semantics - ANSWER--Rules that govern meanings
exposed in words and sentences.
Infinite generavity - ANSWER--Ability to produce an
endless number of meaning fun sentences using a finite
set of words and rules.
Phonology - ANSWER--Basic units of sounds in a
language, called phonemes, and rules for combining them.
Linguistic Comprehension, AKA Receptive Language -
ANSWER--Understanding of language.
,Linguistic Production, AKA Productive Language -
ANSWER--Use of language to communicate
Prelinguistic Communication - ANSWER--Sounds, facial
expressions, gestures, imitation, etc that provides
meaning without word.
Cooing - ANSWER--Babies first coo at about 1-2 months.
Babbling - ANSWER--2-3 months; strings of consonant
vowel combinations such as "ba, ba, ba, ba"
Gestures - ANSWER--8-12 month; waving, pointing, etc.
, First words - ANSWER--8-12 months; Understanding. This
includes those that name important people, familiar
animals, vehicles, toys, food, body parts, clothes,
household items, and greeting terms.
Holophrases - ANSWER--One-word utterances that stand
for a whole phrase. Meaning depends on context. "cookie"
might mean, "that's a cookie" or "I want a cookie".
An average 18 month old can speak about ____ words. An
2 year old can speak about ____ words - ANSWER--50;
200
and CORRECT Answers!! (2026/2027)
Fundamentals of Language - ANSWER--Form of
communication; spoken, written, or sign-based on a
system of symbols.
Phonemes - ANSWER--Basic units of sounds in a
language.
Morphemes - ANSWER--Smallest language unit that has
meaning.
,Morphology (maybe study or not) - ANSWER--Rules
governing formation of meaningful words from sounds.
Semantics - ANSWER--Rules that govern meanings
exposed in words and sentences.
Infinite generavity - ANSWER--Ability to produce an
endless number of meaning fun sentences using a finite
set of words and rules.
Phonology - ANSWER--Basic units of sounds in a
language, called phonemes, and rules for combining them.
Linguistic Comprehension, AKA Receptive Language -
ANSWER--Understanding of language.
,Linguistic Production, AKA Productive Language -
ANSWER--Use of language to communicate
Prelinguistic Communication - ANSWER--Sounds, facial
expressions, gestures, imitation, etc that provides
meaning without word.
Cooing - ANSWER--Babies first coo at about 1-2 months.
Babbling - ANSWER--2-3 months; strings of consonant
vowel combinations such as "ba, ba, ba, ba"
Gestures - ANSWER--8-12 month; waving, pointing, etc.
, First words - ANSWER--8-12 months; Understanding. This
includes those that name important people, familiar
animals, vehicles, toys, food, body parts, clothes,
household items, and greeting terms.
Holophrases - ANSWER--One-word utterances that stand
for a whole phrase. Meaning depends on context. "cookie"
might mean, "that's a cookie" or "I want a cookie".
An average 18 month old can speak about ____ words. An
2 year old can speak about ____ words - ANSWER--50;
200
