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Individual words (e.g., help), word endings, and prefixes are all examples of |
| | A) | syntax. |
| | B) | morphemes. |
| | C) | phonemes. |
| | D) | semantics. |
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Taking turns while speaking, using polite language, and telling interesting stories are examples of |
| | A) | syntax. |
| | B) | semantics. |
| | C) | phonology. |
| | D) | pragmatics. |
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Which of the following is not a set of rules associated with language? |
| | A) | Syntax |
| | B) | Pragmatics |
| | C) | Morphology |
| | D) | Displacement |
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Kuhl's research on language development in the first year of life revealed which of the following findings? |
| | A) | Infants can detect any phoneme change from any language up until the age of 6 months. |
| | B) | Infants begin detecting only those phonemes that represent languages they hear regularly around the age of 3 months. |
| | C) | Infants begin life being unable to detect any phoneme change but begin to master their primary language starting around age 6 months. |
| | D) | Infants begin to detect phoneme changes once they begin to talk, around age 1. |
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Which of the following accurately depicts the sequence of language development during the first year? |
| | A) | Gestures, crying, cooing, babbling |
| | B) | Crying, gestures, babbling, cooing |
| | C) | Crying, cooing, babbling, gestures |
| | D) | Cooing, crying, babbling, gestures |
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A child's first vocabulary spurt starts, on average, around |
| | A) | 6 months. |
| | B) | 10 months. |
| | C) | 18 months. |
| | D) | 3 years. |
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Which of the following is an example of identification? |
| | A) | "blue ball" |
| | B) | "gimme" |
| | C) | "thank you" |
| | D) | "see doggie" |
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Young Todd sees the mailman approach and calls out to him, "Dada!" Which of the following errors is Todd making? |
| | A) | Overextension |
| | B) | Underextension |
| | C) | Overgeneralization |
| | D) | Fast mapping |
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Telegraphic speech |
| | A) | consists only of two-word utterances. |
| | B) | is short and precise communication. |
| | C) | is characteristic of only English-speaking preschoolers. |
| | D) | All of the above are correct. |
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At what age do children begin to alter their speech style to suit a situation, such as talking in shorter phrases to young children and talking with more formal phrases to adults? |
| | A) | 2 years |
| | B) | 4 years |
| | C) | 6 years |
| | D) | 8 years |
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Matalinguistic awareness usually occurs during which developmental period? |
| | A) | Infancy and toddlerhood |
| | B) | Preschool |
| | C) | Elementary years |
| | D) | Early adolescence |
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All of the following are cognitive processes a child needs to go through to read a printed word EXCEPT |
| | A) | organizing words. |
| | B) | being aware of sound units in words. |
| | C) | decoding words. |
| | D) | accessing word meaning. |
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Schools in which students showed high achievement in reading emphasized |
| | A) | the whole-language approach only. |
| | B) | the phonics approach only. |
| | C) | both whole-language and phonics approaches. |
| | D) | whole-language approaches in kindergarten and first grade and phonics later on. |
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According to Noam Chomsky, _____ is a biological prewiring that enables children to detect certain language categories. |
| | A) | child-directed speech |
| | B) | literacy |
| | C) | language acquisition device |
| | D) | aphasia |
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_______ is to speech production as _______ is to language comprehension. |
| | A) | Broca's area; Wernicke's area |
| | B) | Wernicke's area; Broca's area |
| | C) | Aphasia; literacy |
| | D) | Literacy; aphasia |
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Which of the following strategies involves restating what the child has said in a linguistically sophisticated form? |
| | A) | Recasting |
| | B) | Expanding |
| | C) | Echoing |
| | D) | Labeling |
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The genetic disorder called Williams Syndrome questions the association between language and |
| | A) | experience. |
| | B) | cognition. |
| | C) | pragmatics. |
| | D) | parenting. |
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