The first words most children learn are :

The first words most children learn are
 
  A) verbs.
  B) adverbs.
  C) nouns.
  D) adjectives.

Question 2

Infants use a limited number of examples to figure out a general rule about the meaning of a word when they engage in
 
  A) refraction.
  B) induction.
  C) reduction.
  D) deduction.

Question 3

One-year-old Norman walks up to his father Oliver and says cookie. Oliver doesn't know if Norman is referring to the Cookie Monster, if he wants to eat a cookie, or if he wants to go to the bakery to get cookies. Norman's extended use of the word is called
 
  A) holophrasis.
  B) proxemics.
  C) semantics.
  D) linguistic relativity.

Question 4

The ability of babies to babble
 
  A) seems to be universal.
  B) is entirely dependent on hearing people talk.
  C) only happens in industrialized cultures.
  D) only happens in rural cultures.

Question 5

A baby's first structured attempts at communication are called
 
  A) babbling.
  B) cooing.
  C) jargoning.
  D) scaffolding.

Question 6

Babbling consists of
 
  A) repetition of particular syllables.
  B) cooing sounds.
  C) crying in times of distress.
  D) senseless strings of words.