Lifespan Growth and Development Final
Exam 100% Correct 2025 QTR.
What is language? - CORRECT -- Form of communication; whether spoken, written, or signed
based on a system of symbols
-Words used by a community and rules for varying and combining them
Infinite Generativity - CORRECT -Ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences
using a finite set words and rules
Phonemes - CORRECT -basic unit of sound in a language
Morphemes - CORRECT -Smallest unit of language with meaning
Syntax - CORRECT -Ways in which words are combined to form acceptable phrases and
sentences
Sematics - CORRECT -Meaning of words and sentences
Pragmatics - CORRECT --Appropriate use of language in different contexts
-Pragmatic rules can be complex and differ from one culture to another
Overextensions - CORRECT -Tendency to apply a word to objects that are inappropriate
for word's meaning
Underextension - CORRECT -Apply a word too narrowly
Generally be able to identify when a child should be using what kind of language (Use the
table) - CORRECT --Birth: Crying
-2 to 4 months: Cooing begins
, -5 months: Understands first word
-6 months: Babbling begins
-7 to 11 months: Change from universal linguist to language-specific listener
-8 to 12 months: Uses gestures, such as showing and ponting. Comprehension of words appears
-13 months: First word spoken
-18 months: Vocabulary spurt starts
-18 to 24 months: Uses two-word utterances. Rapid expansion of understanding of words.
Literacy and literacy acquisition - CORRECT -
Reading - CORRECT -Whole language v. Phonics
Wernicke's Area - CORRECT -Region of brain's left hemisphere involved in language
comprehension
Recasting - CORRECT -Rephrasing something child has said, in a form of question or restating in
a fully grammatical sentence
Expanding - CORRECT -Restating, in a linguistically sophisticated form, what child has said
Labeling - CORRECT -Identifying names of objects
Emotions - CORRECT --Feeling, or affect, that occurs in a state or an interaction that is important
to a person, especially to his/her well-being
-Positive emotions include enthusiasm, joy, and love
-Negative emotions include anxiety, anger, guilt, and sadness
Emotional Regulation - CORRECT -Emotional regulation consists of effectively managing
arousal to adapt to circumstances and to reach a goal
Why do babies cry? - CORRECT -
Exam 100% Correct 2025 QTR.
What is language? - CORRECT -- Form of communication; whether spoken, written, or signed
based on a system of symbols
-Words used by a community and rules for varying and combining them
Infinite Generativity - CORRECT -Ability to produce an endless number of meaningful sentences
using a finite set words and rules
Phonemes - CORRECT -basic unit of sound in a language
Morphemes - CORRECT -Smallest unit of language with meaning
Syntax - CORRECT -Ways in which words are combined to form acceptable phrases and
sentences
Sematics - CORRECT -Meaning of words and sentences
Pragmatics - CORRECT --Appropriate use of language in different contexts
-Pragmatic rules can be complex and differ from one culture to another
Overextensions - CORRECT -Tendency to apply a word to objects that are inappropriate
for word's meaning
Underextension - CORRECT -Apply a word too narrowly
Generally be able to identify when a child should be using what kind of language (Use the
table) - CORRECT --Birth: Crying
-2 to 4 months: Cooing begins
, -5 months: Understands first word
-6 months: Babbling begins
-7 to 11 months: Change from universal linguist to language-specific listener
-8 to 12 months: Uses gestures, such as showing and ponting. Comprehension of words appears
-13 months: First word spoken
-18 months: Vocabulary spurt starts
-18 to 24 months: Uses two-word utterances. Rapid expansion of understanding of words.
Literacy and literacy acquisition - CORRECT -
Reading - CORRECT -Whole language v. Phonics
Wernicke's Area - CORRECT -Region of brain's left hemisphere involved in language
comprehension
Recasting - CORRECT -Rephrasing something child has said, in a form of question or restating in
a fully grammatical sentence
Expanding - CORRECT -Restating, in a linguistically sophisticated form, what child has said
Labeling - CORRECT -Identifying names of objects
Emotions - CORRECT --Feeling, or affect, that occurs in a state or an interaction that is important
to a person, especially to his/her well-being
-Positive emotions include enthusiasm, joy, and love
-Negative emotions include anxiety, anger, guilt, and sadness
Emotional Regulation - CORRECT -Emotional regulation consists of effectively managing
arousal to adapt to circumstances and to reach a goal
Why do babies cry? - CORRECT -
