Genes are most likely to influence which type of language?
recessive
receptive
expressive
descriptive
Question 2Children typically first use some rules of grammar
by age 3.
by the time the child has a vocabulary of about 300 words.
by the time the child has a vocabulary of about 600 words.
by about age 5.
Question 3A young child will have the most difficult time understanding words which
describe color.
describe shape.
express emotions.
express the relationships of place and time.
Question 4Caitlin, age 4, visited the city zoo, pointed to a zebra, and exclaimed, Look at the horse with stripes In describing the zebra, she used
logical extension.
fast-mapping.
overregularization.
theory of mind.
Question 5A problem with fast-mapping a word is that
the child forgets most words learned this way.
when words are learned this way, good grammar is lost.
the child may misuse the word.
it interferes with other aspects of cognitive development.
Question 6Because of fast mapping, a preschooler
needs several experiences with a word to learn it.
grasps the meaning of words describing emotions.
has a clear understanding of all the words he uses.
learns some words after a single exposure to them.
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