Question 1

According to B.F.Skinner,how does babbling develop into language?

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Question 2

Children combine several gestures in their pretend play at around the same time that they first show two or three-word sentences in their speech.This supports the ________ view of language development.

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Question 3

According to your text,all grammatical markers are missing from ________,the short simple sentences children generally begin to use between 18 and 24 months.

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Question 4

List,in order,the techniques involved in the substages of sensorimotor development between the ages of 1 and 12 months.

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Question 5

What other activity will typically accompany babbling when a child wants something?

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Question 6

What are holophrases? Give an example.

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Question 7

The violation of ________ method is a research strategy in which a child is habituated to a display of objects and then is shown another display in which the objects move in a way that is different to what the infant is anticipating.

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Question 8

At what age do children develop object permanence? Give an example of how a child might demonstrate this ability.

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Question 9

In some languages,nouns and verbs are stressed sounds,and children who speak those languages seem to learn nouns and verbs first.In other languages,prefixes and suffixes are stressed and children learn those sounds first.This idea that children are preprogrammed to focus on "stressed" sounds is a part of the ________ view of language development.

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Question 10

Japanese children use ________ markers that tell something about the feeling or context of a sentence.

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Question 11

Kayla was given several different,brightly colored balls to play with one after the other.After about ball number seven,Kayla seemed to lose interest.When she was given a stuffed animal,she showed renewed interest.An element of schematic learning called ________ is behind Kayla's renewed interest.

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Question 12

Tests that measure intelligence in infancy measure primarily ________ and ________ skills.

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Question 13

When a baby makes repetitive vowel sounds,such as the UUU sound,we call it ________ .

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Question 14

The innate language processor that some theorists believe children are born with is called the ________.

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Question 15

What is the youngest age at which infants can remember specific objects?

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Question 16

The ________ with which children acquire language skill varies widely.

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Question 17

Define babbling.

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Question 18

How do the beliefs of Spelke differ from Piaget in terms of object permanence?

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Question 19

According to Werker,what purpose does IDS serve?

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Question 20

Who coined the term language acquisition device? What theory did this person adhere to?

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Quiz 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy