Roberto studies the structure and development of children's language. He is a
a. psycholinguist.
b. morphologist.
c. grammarian.
d. clinical psychologist.
Question 2The ethnographic research method is most suitable for studying child-rearing practices
a. within a particular culture or society.
b. by identifying the thoughts of a particular child.
c. by observing daycare children's lunchtime manners.
d. by identifying why children act the way that they do.
Question 3Toddler Todd habitually makes up original new words. This illustrates the ____ characteristic of language.
a. inventive
b. bilingual
c. overextension
d. object scope constraint
Question 4The type of participant observation known as ethnography was borrowed from the field of
a. biology.
b. anthropology.
c. education.
d. literature.
Question 5Which term is LEAST descriptive of human language?
a. Flexible
b. Inventive
c. Limited
d. Productive
Question 6In his investigation of identity development in young adolescents, Michael Bamburg (2004) evaluated information obtained from journal entries, oral accounts, individual interviews, and group discussions among boys aged 10, 12, and 15 . This is an example of a(n)
a. case study used to describe a group.
b. structured observation.
c. experiment.
d. clinical interview.
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