Question 1

Young babies who use "baby signs":

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A)  are usually deaf.
B)  tend to experience delays in the development ofspoken language.
C)  are often emotionally disturbed.
D)  tend to have larger verbal vocabularies at age 3.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Kevin says "banana" and his dad gives him a banana to eat. Kevin says "banana" again, and this time his dad takes the crushed banana away from him. Kevin is using ______to communicate his needs.

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A)  holophrastic speech 
B)  telegraphic speech
C)  fast mapping
D)  infant-direct speechE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

The cultural practice of referring to ships as female is an example of something an individual would learn with_________ development.

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A)  semantic
B)  phonological
C)  metalinguistic
D)  pragmatic 
E)  syntacticF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 4

Imagine a day in the life of a preschooler. Describe the symbols the child encounters in the course of the day. Choose three of the symbols, and for each one, discuss the factors involved in the child's comprehension of its symbolic representation. Be sure to use at least one example of a symbolic artifact.

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Question 5

What can parents do to positively influence their preschoolers' ability to produce narratives?

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A)  ask elaborative questions during conversations
B)  teach grammatical rules when reading books
C)  encourage the child to think about future events
D)  model complex word combinationsE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the vocalizations and babbling of deaf infants is true?

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A)  Until approximately 6 months of age, the vocalizations of deaf infants are similar to those of hearing infants. 
B)  The vocal babbling of deaf infants begins at the same time as that of hearing babies.
C)  Deaf infants exposed to ASL begin babblingmanually at about 12 months of age.
D)  All of the statements are true.
E)  None of the statements is true.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

Descriptions of past events that have the basic structure of a story are referred to as:

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A)  collective monologues.
B)  scaffolds.
C)  syntaxes.
D)  narratives.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

_______is an example of a symbolic activity?

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A)  Listening to music
B)  Drawing a picture 
C)  Helping to make cookies
D)  Going to a restaurantE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Which of the following statementsis an example of an overextension?

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A)  Julia uses the word "cup" for any container that holds liquid, including vases and birdbaths. 
B)  Elizabeth substitutes easier sounds for ones that are hard to say, such as "tuck" for "stuck."
C)  Eddie expresses his desire for his parents to read to him by using a single word, "book."
D)  Robbie leaves out difficult parts of words, as when he uses "tend" for the word "pretend."E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

Infants' preparation for speaking includes:

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A)  practice producing sounds.
B)  games like peek-a-boo.
C)  following an adult's gaze when the adult is talking.
D)  All of the answers are correct.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

What is the significance of adults being able to identify correctly the nationality of an infant by listening to the infant's babbling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Babbling takes on the sounds, rhythms, and intonation of the language the infant hears. 
B)  Infants babble a limited set of sounds.
C)  Babbling shows evidence of the distributional properties of speech.
D)  Babbling requires intersubjectivity.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

The study by Brown in which preschool children were shown hands kneading material in a container demonstrated that young children tend to interpret "some sib" as:

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A)  the material. 
B)  the container.
C)  the act of kneading.
D)  any of the answers.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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