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Learning Language and Culture

Multiple Choice

Select the one answer that best completes the thought.



1

Recent research shows that the earliest stage at which a child responds to language is:
A)fetal
B)newborn
C)toddler
D)adolescence
2

The rate at which an infant builds vocabulary:
A)is based on neuroanatomy and therefore is the same for all infants everywhere
B)depends on what skills the infant is born with
C)parental input and interactions
D)mother's age at birth
3

The learning of cultural norms throughout childhood is related to:
A)language acquisition
B)cultural variables in child-rearing techniques
C)emulating the language and social behavior of those around them
D)all of the above
4

Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict are associated with:
A)psychological anthropology studies in the 1930s and 1940s
B)cultural evolution theories
C)symbolism
D)postmodernism
5

The process by which children learn the rules and values of their society is:
A)acculturation
B)enculturation
C)deculturation
D)culturation