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SLHS 115 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers 2
Language Impairment Ans: Heterogenous group, disorders/delays
that are causes by communication disorders (including form,
content, and use)
Intentionality Ans: Intention to influence who we are
communicating with (can be gestures or verbal, begins at 8-9
months)
PCFs/protowards Ans: Consistent vocal patterns that are often
paired with gestures (only applies to infants)
Representation Ans: Process of having one thing stand for another
(such as using a piece of paper as a blanket for a doll)
Symbolization Ans: Arbitrary symbol that stands for something
("mom" represents the biological person who gave birth to the
child)
Lexicon Ans: Personal dictionary
Reciprocal process/responding vocally to partner, recognizing
sounds, cooing and other sounds, facial recognition Ans: 3
months/shortly after birth
Use of gestures Ans: 8 months
Eyes move in direction of sound, pay attention to music, babbling
begins (sounds more like speech than cooing), vocalize pleasure
and displeasure Ans: 4-6 months
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first words spoken Ans: 12 months
Proper syntax Ans: 18 months
Adds bound morphemes Ans: 2 years
More adult-like sentence structure Ans: 3 years
Tailors talking style depending on partner, most language is
learned, enjoy stories Ans: 4-5 years
Reading and writing/visual mode of communication Ans: 6 years
Reformulation Ans: This is when the adult repeats back to the
child in the correct way
Mean length utterance (MLU) Ans: This is how we describe
children's language development
Fast mapping Ans: child infers the meaning of a word from
context and then uses that word in a similar manner
Metalinguistic skills Ans: Enables a child to consider language in
the abstract
Figurative language Ans: This is school-age children's ability to
understand sarcasm and other things we say with ulterior
meanings
Focusing on both an object and a second party Ans: Joint
reference
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Caregiver pays close attention to what the child is communicating
and then responds in a way that meets the child's needs -
indicators = Ans: Caregiver responsiveness
Cooing, different cries for different needs, responds vocally to
partner Ans: Vocal development 0-3 months
Gurgling, more speech-like babbling, laugh/vocalize pleasure Ans:
Vocal development 4-6 months
Babbling changes and combines more sounds, speech sounds are
used for more than just gaining attention, protowards with
intentionality Ans: Vocal development 7-12 months
12 months - child must store sounds, use these sounds for later
comparison, and then relate these sounds to meaning Ans: First
word: approximate age, what are the components that make a
"true" word
-Combining words and adding bound morphemes
-About 50 single words
-3-4 word combinations Ans: Major achievements at 18-24 months
(number of words, types of word combinations)
preschool Ans: Age fast-mapping begins
Recounting the past, remembering personal stories, Ans: Why
preschoolers communicate
Hypotheses, feedback and models from caregivers (ex.
reformulation) Ans: What does speech development depend on for
preschoolers
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SLHS 115 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers 2
Language Impairment Ans: Heterogenous group, disorders/delays
that are causes by communication disorders (including form,
content, and use)
Intentionality Ans: Intention to influence who we are
communicating with (can be gestures or verbal, begins at 8-9
months)
PCFs/protowards Ans: Consistent vocal patterns that are often
paired with gestures (only applies to infants)
Representation Ans: Process of having one thing stand for another
(such as using a piece of paper as a blanket for a doll)
Symbolization Ans: Arbitrary symbol that stands for something
("mom" represents the biological person who gave birth to the
child)
Lexicon Ans: Personal dictionary
Reciprocal process/responding vocally to partner, recognizing
sounds, cooing and other sounds, facial recognition Ans: 3
months/shortly after birth
Use of gestures Ans: 8 months
Eyes move in direction of sound, pay attention to music, babbling
begins (sounds more like speech than cooing), vocalize pleasure
and displeasure Ans: 4-6 months
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first words spoken Ans: 12 months
Proper syntax Ans: 18 months
Adds bound morphemes Ans: 2 years
More adult-like sentence structure Ans: 3 years
Tailors talking style depending on partner, most language is
learned, enjoy stories Ans: 4-5 years
Reading and writing/visual mode of communication Ans: 6 years
Reformulation Ans: This is when the adult repeats back to the
child in the correct way
Mean length utterance (MLU) Ans: This is how we describe
children's language development
Fast mapping Ans: child infers the meaning of a word from
context and then uses that word in a similar manner
Metalinguistic skills Ans: Enables a child to consider language in
the abstract
Figurative language Ans: This is school-age children's ability to
understand sarcasm and other things we say with ulterior
meanings
Focusing on both an object and a second party Ans: Joint
reference
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Caregiver pays close attention to what the child is communicating
and then responds in a way that meets the child's needs -
indicators = Ans: Caregiver responsiveness
Cooing, different cries for different needs, responds vocally to
partner Ans: Vocal development 0-3 months
Gurgling, more speech-like babbling, laugh/vocalize pleasure Ans:
Vocal development 4-6 months
Babbling changes and combines more sounds, speech sounds are
used for more than just gaining attention, protowards with
intentionality Ans: Vocal development 7-12 months
12 months - child must store sounds, use these sounds for later
comparison, and then relate these sounds to meaning Ans: First
word: approximate age, what are the components that make a
"true" word
-Combining words and adding bound morphemes
-About 50 single words
-3-4 word combinations Ans: Major achievements at 18-24 months
(number of words, types of word combinations)
preschool Ans: Age fast-mapping begins
Recounting the past, remembering personal stories, Ans: Why
preschoolers communicate
Hypotheses, feedback and models from caregivers (ex.
reformulation) Ans: What does speech development depend on for
preschoolers
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