Question 1

When Bartlett and Carey arranged for preschool children to learn the word "chromium," the children:

Accepted Answer

Bartlett and Carey found that preschool children could learn the word "chromium" after one experience with its use in a familiar situation. This suggests that children are capable of learning unfamiliar words through context and exposure.

Question 2

When a child between the ages of 2 and 3 years old cannot produce a particular sound, she will typically:

Accepted Answer

When a child between the ages of 2 and 3 years old cannot produce a particular sound, she will typically substitute another sound. For example, a child might say "wabbit" instead of "rabbit" or "tat" instead of "cat." This is a normal part of speech development and is known as phonological processes.

Question 3

Children acquire ____________ words by the time they are 13 to 14 months old and ____________ words by the time they are 17 to 18 months of age.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Children acquire ____________ words by the time...

Question 4

The first words that infants raised in English­speaking settings use are generally:

Accepted Answer

Research has shown that infants raised in English-speaking settings typically use labels for objects as their first words, such as "mama," "dada," "ball," or "dog." This suggests that infants are focused on learning about the world around them and identifying and categorizing different objects.

Question 5

Which of the following is a relational word that appears early in children's vocabularies?

Accepted Answer

"No" is a relational word because it is used to express negation or refusal in relation to a request or action. It is a common word that appears early in children's vocabularies as they learn to navigate social interactions and boundaries.

Question 6

The appearance of what words support the idea that children around the age of 2 become sensitive to social expectation?

Accepted Answer

Children around the age of 2 often start using words to comment on their successes, indicating an awareness of social expectations and the reactions of others to their achievements.

Question 7

Bartlett and Carey demonstrated children's developing vocabularies in the course of normal conversation by inventing the color "chromium." The findings of this study suggest:

Accepted Answer

Bartlett and Carey's study showed that children were able to learn the new word "chromium" when it was introduced in the context of a familiar action, such as painting with chrome paint. This suggests that children learn new vocabulary through making connections between new words and familiar experiences. Imagination and context play a significant role in children's acquisition of new words, rather than just imitation or direct instruction.

Question 8

The basic unit of meaning in language is called a:

Accepted Answer

A morpheme is the smallest unit in a language that carries meaning. It can be a single word or a part of a word, such as prefixes, suffixes, or roots. Nouns and words also carry meaning, but they consist of one or more morphemes. Phonemes, on the other hand, are the smallest units of sound in a language and do not carry meaning by themselves.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of how adults work with each other and their children to create word meanings?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following is an example...

Question 10

A child calls all farm animals "horsey." This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

The child's use of "horsey" to refer to all farm animals shows overextension, which is a common language error in which a word is applied too broadly to include things that don't fit the original meaning.

Question 11

Children begin to produce comprehensible words:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Children begin to produce comprehensible words:
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Question 12

The term morpheme:

Accepted Answer

A morpheme is the smallest unit of language that carries meaning. It may be a word, such as "dog," or a part of a word, such as the "-s" at the end of "dogs" indicating plural. It is not synonymous with a phoneme, which is the smallest unit of sound in a language. It also does not refer specifically to children's first words, although children do begin to use morphemes in their early language development. Additionally, morphemes are not necessarily the same across all languages, as different languages may have different ways of expressing meaning.

Question 13

The basic sounds of a language are known as:

Accepted Answer

Phonemes are the basic sounds of a language, which distinguish one word from another. Letters are the written representation of these sounds, while syllables are made up of one or more phonemes and morphemes are the smallest units of meaning in a language.

Question 14

The form of mislabeling in which many examples in a category are referred to by a single term that adults use to label only one of the examples is called:

Accepted Answer

Overextension is when a child uses a single term to refer to multiple examples of a category, including examples that adults would label differently.

Question 15

When children hear an unfamiliar word in a familiar and highly structured situation, they likely form an idea of the word's meaning and how that word might fit into their existing repertoire. This phenomenon has been termed:

Accepted Answer

Fast mapping is the phenomenon where children are able to form an idea of the meaning of an unfamiliar word by being exposed to it in a familiar and highly structured situation. This allows them to quickly add new words to their existing vocabulary without needing a complete understanding of the word's meaning.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of an overextension?

Accepted Answer

Overextension is a language development phenomenon in which a child uses a word to refer to a wider range of objects, people or things than it is meant for. In this case, a horse being referred to as "doggie" is an overextension because it is using a specific label for a different object that does not fit within that label's scope.

Question 17

Children's earliest overextensions are likely to be related to:

Accepted Answer

Children's earliest overextensions are likely to be related to perceptual similarities between the items. For example, a child may call all animals "dog" because they are furry and four-legged, and the child has not yet learned the specific names for different animals.

Question 18

The process of identifying what words mean depends primarily on:

Accepted Answer

The process of identifying what words mean is a joint effort between adults and children. Through interactions and communication, both parties work together to understand each other's utterances. It is not solely dependent on the child's ability to figure out what the speaker is talking about or direct instructional strategies from adults. While adults may provide guidance and support, the process is ultimately a collaboration between speakers.

Question 19

The first words children acquire are:

Accepted Answer

Research has shown that children generally acquire words that are closely linked to actions they can accomplish or objects they can move, such as "mommy," "daddy," "ball," and "dog," before moving on to more abstract words like verbs and adjectives. Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

Question 20

When children use words in a narrower way than adults do, it is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Underextension is the tendency for young children to use words in a narrower way than adults would. For example, a child may only use the word "dog" to refer to their own pet and not generalize it to other furry animals resembling dogs. Jargoning refers to a stage in language development where a child produces strings of sounds and syllables that have intonation patterns similar to adult speech but are not actual words. Telegraphic speech refers to the early stage of language development where a child only uses essential words to convey meaning. Overextension is the tendency for a child to apply a word too broadly to include things that the word does not accurately describe, such as calling all four-legged animals "dogs".

Quiz 7: Language Acquisition

When Bartlett and Carey arranged for preschool children to learn the word "chromium," the children:

When a child between the ages of 2 and 3 years old cannot produce a particular sound, she will typically:

Children acquire words by the time they are 13 to 14 months old and words by the time they are 17 to 18 months of age.

The first words that infants raised in Englishspeaking settings use are generally:

Which of the following is a relational word that appears early in children's vocabularies?

The appearance of what words support the idea that children around the age of 2 become sensitive to social expectation?

Bartlett and Carey demonstrated children's developing vocabularies in the course of normal conversation by inventing the color "chromium." The findings of this study suggest:

The basic unit of meaning in language is called a:

Which of the following is an example of how adults work with each other and their children to create word meanings?

A child calls all farm animals "horsey." This is an example of:

Children begin to produce comprehensible words:

The term morpheme:

The basic sounds of a language are known as:

The form of mislabeling in which many examples in a category are referred to by a single term that adults use to label only one of the examples is called:

When children hear an unfamiliar word in a familiar and highly structured situation, they likely form an idea of the word's meaning and how that word might fit into their existing repertoire. This phenomenon has been termed:

Which of the following is an example of an overextension?

Children's earliest overextensions are likely to be related to:

The process of identifying what words mean depends primarily on:

The first words children acquire are:

When children use words in a narrower way than adults do, it is referred to as:

Quiz 7: Language Acquisition

When Bartlett and Carey arranged for preschool children to learn the word "chromium," the children:

When a child between the ages of 2 and 3 years old cannot produce a particular sound, she will typically:

Children acquire ____________ words by the time they are 13 to 14 months old and ____________ words by the time they are 17 to 18 months of age.

The first words that infants raised in English­speaking settings use are generally:

Which of the following is a relational word that appears early in children's vocabularies?

The appearance of what words support the idea that children around the age of 2 become sensitive to social expectation?

Bartlett and Carey demonstrated children's developing vocabularies in the course of normal conversation by inventing the color "chromium." The findings of this study suggest:

The basic unit of meaning in language is called a:

Which of the following is an example of how adults work with each other and their children to create word meanings?

A child calls all farm animals "horsey." This is an example of:

Children begin to produce comprehensible words:

The term morpheme:

The basic sounds of a language are known as:

The form of mislabeling in which many examples in a category are referred to by a single term that adults use to label only one of the examples is called:

When children hear an unfamiliar word in a familiar and highly structured situation, they likely form an idea of the word's meaning and how that word might fit into their existing repertoire. This phenomenon has been termed:

Which of the following is an example of an overextension?

Children's earliest overextensions are likely to be related to:

The process of identifying what words mean depends primarily on:

The first words children acquire are:

When children use words in a narrower way than adults do, it is referred to as:

Children acquire words by the time they are 13 to 14 months old and words by the time they are 17 to 18 months of age.

The first words that infants raised in Englishspeaking settings use are generally: