Research has found that children who are seven to eight months of age will learn a word more rapidly if it is
a. used repeatedly in conversation.
b. paired with a sign or card with the word written out.
c. presented in a different tone of voice than usual.
d. presented by a child rather than an adult.
Question 2Intelligence
a. is something you either have or do not have.
b. is the same as achievement.
c. can be accurately measured with traditional intelligence tests.
d. cannot be seen, touched, or physically measured.
Question 3How does learning to use our native language relate to learning faces of those around us?
a. In both cases, the fusiform face area in the brain is activated first.
b. In both cases, repeated exposure leads to a more refined understanding.
c. They are both skills that develop more rapidly in girls than in boys.
d. They are both skills that develop more rapidly in boys than in girls.
Question 4The research on children's eyewitness testimonies reveals that
a. children have exceptionally accurate memories.
b. children can be induced into remembering things that did not happen to them.
c. children can reliably distinguish between what happened to them and what they simply heard about.
d. children do not have reliable memories until age 9 or 10.
Question 5In what way are newborns more linguistically sophisticated than the average adult?
a. They do not habituate to new phonemes.
b. They can produce more phonemes.
c. They can distinguish between phonemes from all languages.
d. They have no particular linguistic advantages over adults.
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