AP Psych : 10 Language Quiz

Billy learned that the round red fruit that his mom was eating was called an "apple." He has started calling plums, peaches, nectarines and his favorite red ball an "apple." What developmental language error is Billy making?

Overextension

The loss of language which results from association area damage is called:

aphasia

The first meaningless sounds that babies learning any language make are known as:

babbling

Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis states that

language decides the thoughts that a person has.

Damage to an area in the ________ known as ________ results in problems with speech production because it controls the mouth movements required to make speech.

left frontal; Broca's area

The smallest unit of sound in language is known as:

phoneme

The aspect in the grammar of a given language, which determines meaning within communication, is known as:

semantics

The stage in language development in which young toddlers communicate in short two or three word phrases that typically have only verbs and nouns is known as:

telegraphic speech.

Noam Chomsky's theory proposes that children around the world all learn language in the same manner and with ease as a result of an inborn capacity to learn language he called:

the language acquisition device.

The difference between the cognitive nativist and behavioral perspective on language acquisition is:

the source: being hardwired versus the environment.

According to Skinner, children acquire language:

through reinforcement, punishment, and imitation.

Lillian is learning to talk and knows the word "doll". Lily however only refers to her doll as "doll" and not other dolls. Which error in language is occurring?

underextension

Which of the following is an example of overregularization in a child's language development?

" I runned to mommy."

How many morphemes does the word "Worker" have

2

The theorist __________ proposed a nativist theory of language acquisition as opposed to __________who proposed a nurture theory of language acquisition.

Chomsky; Skinner

Many language theorists state that children will be more effective in acquiring language if it is done before the age of 7 years old. This time is known as:

critical period

The theory that there is a specific time period during development in which individuals are best able to learn a particular skill is known as:

critical periods.

Semantics are more closely related to ________ and syntax is more closely related to _________.

deep structure; surface structure

The somewhat imprecise but rapid manner in which young children acquire new words by mentally charting them into categories based on their meaning is known as:

fast mapping.

The word "cats" contains ________ phonemes and ________ morphemes.

four; two

The theory that both nature and nurture work together to determine how children learn language.

interactionist theory

The smallest unit of meaning in language is known as a(n):

morpheme

A family is driving through the country to visit some relatives. Little Tyler sees a cow grazing in a field and exclaims "Doggie!". What kind of mistake is Tyler making?

overextension

Cooper is developing language and has recently started making mistakes such as "I goed to the lake". Which type of error is Cooper making?

overregularization