Question 1

In the theoretical debate about language development,one could say that B.F.Skinner is a behaviourist and Noam Chomsky is a nativist.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The process by which an infant differentiates and recognizes distinct objects based on mental images of objects in the environment is called

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A)   object individuation.
B)   object expectancy.
C)   object property.
D)   object manifestation.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Your sister just had a baby,and you are discussing the pros and cons of letting her child watch positive children's programming on television.According to the American of Pediatrics,no child should watch television before the age of

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A)   12 months.
B)   18 months.
C)   24 months.
D)   36 months.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

Explain the role of conditioning with respect to infant learning.

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Question 5

What are some of the commonalities and differences in infant language-learning patterns and behaviours across cultures? What do these findings tell us about infants and language development?

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Some commonalities in infant language-le...

Question 6

B.F.Skinner's theoretical perspective on children's language development was based on the idea that

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A)   children make rule-governed rather than random errors when learning language.
B)   the naming explosion will not occur if the child has suffered impaired hearing due to repeated respiratory infections.
C)   children are born with an innate language processor that contains the grammatical structure of all human language.
D)   the principles of operant conditioning underlie all aspects of human learning, including language.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 7

Studies have shown that viewing TV before the age of 3 might be harmful in terms of a child's cognitive and language development in all of the following areas EXCEPT

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A)   prosocial interactions
B)   reading recognition
C)   reading comprehension
D)   attention abilitiesE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing up bilingual? What advice would you give to parents who want to know if they should encourage their child to become proficient in two languages?

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Growing up bilingual has several advanta...

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