. Suppose that you are scanning a journal in child development. You see the title of an article ...

. Suppose that you are scanning a journal in child development. You see the title of an article about language, which emphasizes the word, morphology. The most likely topic of this article would be how children
 
  a. learn new words.
  b. create the past tense for verbs.
  c. combine words into sentences.
  d. describe how a toy works, when speaking to a younger child.

Question 2

Suppose that a child uses the word baby to refer to toddlers and older children, as well as infants. This would be an example of
 
  a. overregularization.
  b. overextension.
  c. incorrect syntax.
  d. fast mapping.

Question 3

Chapter 13 discusses research by McDonough and Mandler, in which 9-month-olds showed that they knew that animals drink, whereas vehicles can carry people. This research suggests that babies
 
  a. show habituation.
  b. prefer nouns and verbs to words that merely show a grammatical function.
  c. are aware of syntax.
  d. appreciate semantic concepts.