SLP Praxis II Practice Test with solutions
Which theory/theories of language acquisition emphasize(s) nature over nurture? -
Generativist theories
Chomsky and Lenneberg
What are parts of Chomsky's transformational grammar? - Deep structure
Surface structure
Structural changes
Hidden assumptions
MacWhinney's Competition Model is a language development theory that is: -
Emergentist theory of language development
Claims that language acquisition is a cognitive process emerging from the interactions of
biology and the environment
Since the 1980's, linguists and psychologists influenced by Piaget: - Have found the role of
learning processes more important than previously thought
Piaget believed that children learn by interacting with and acting upon their environments, and
that in so doing, the construct knowledge (constructivism)
At approximately what age do children begin to give names to things? - Between the ages
of one year and eighteen months, most commonly around the age of one year
What observations support Chomsky's theory? - Children in different countries will go
through similar stages of language development
Children over regularize irregular verbs without having heard any examples of this
Children learn correct syntax in spite of parents' inconsistency in correcting them
Children invent unique languages in the absence of exposure to standard language
A unit of sounds is a: - Phoneme
The International Phonetic Alphabet symbol /^/ corresponds to: - The vowel sound in
"buck"
Which theory/theories of language acquisition emphasize(s) nature over nurture? -
Generativist theories
Chomsky and Lenneberg
What are parts of Chomsky's transformational grammar? - Deep structure
Surface structure
Structural changes
Hidden assumptions
MacWhinney's Competition Model is a language development theory that is: -
Emergentist theory of language development
Claims that language acquisition is a cognitive process emerging from the interactions of
biology and the environment
Since the 1980's, linguists and psychologists influenced by Piaget: - Have found the role of
learning processes more important than previously thought
Piaget believed that children learn by interacting with and acting upon their environments, and
that in so doing, the construct knowledge (constructivism)
At approximately what age do children begin to give names to things? - Between the ages
of one year and eighteen months, most commonly around the age of one year
What observations support Chomsky's theory? - Children in different countries will go
through similar stages of language development
Children over regularize irregular verbs without having heard any examples of this
Children learn correct syntax in spite of parents' inconsistency in correcting them
Children invent unique languages in the absence of exposure to standard language
A unit of sounds is a: - Phoneme
The International Phonetic Alphabet symbol /^/ corresponds to: - The vowel sound in
"buck"
