Language Acquisition & Development (AP Psychology)

What is not an example of language acquisition from a behaviorist perspective?

Babies are born with an innate ability to learn language

The holophrastic stage refers to the time when?

Babies can use a few words and understand many more.

What is not true about language development in children?

Children who are emotionally reactive develop language quickly

What is not a characteristic of pre-linguistic language development?

Complex utterance

How are expressive language and receptive language different?

Expressive language refers to the ability to communicate through speech, while receptive language refers to the ability to comprehend spoken language.

Leo is in the two word period of linguistic development. He's able to say short phrases like 'play dog' and 'food mommy'. What likely age is Leo?

20-30 months

A seven month old baby repeatedly babbles 'bababa' and 'dadada'. This is an example of?

A baby's use of phonemes from his native language.

What strategy does not promote multicultural instruction in the classroom?

Assigning reading material from only English native speaking authors.

Which theory places the most emphasis on social interaction in the development of language?

Interactionist

How is the theory of universal grammar applied to language acquisition?

It claims that a certain grammatical structure is genetically hard wired in our brains, which lets us learn language.

What is not a nativist perspective in language development?

Language is developed through imitation

Is it important to provide multiple corrections when a student is in the first two stages of language acquisition?

No, it is more important to develop comfort speaking the language first.

What form of communication best characterizes the first stage of language acquisition, pre-production?

Nodding yes or no and gesturing

Every time young Haley says the word 'teddy', she is given her favorite stuffed bear, which reinforces her understanding and continued use of the word for getting the toy. According to behaviorist theory, this is an example of?

Operant conditioning

Vowels and consonants are examples of?

Phonemes

Josh is talking with his teacher; each time the teacher is talking, Josh waits for him to stop before he starts talking again. Which component of language is represented in this example?

Pragmatics

An example of a morpheme is?

The 'de-' in 'deconstruct'

What factors support the nativist theory of language development?

The idea of universal grammar

What do we call the idea that all languages have the same basic grammatical structure?

The theory of universal grammar

What describes children's language development in Asian cultures?

They are more likely to be expressive style language learners.

What is true about children who have a more diverse range of experiences?

They tend to develop language skills more quickly as a result of exposure to more phonemes.

About how long can it take for a student to transition through the speech emergent stage and into intermediate fluency?

Up to two years

Overextending language is when a baby?

Uses a single word to mean many different things.

Bilingual education programs promote?

Using the native language as a bridge to English language instruction

What is the critical period hypothesis for learning language?

We have a time period for learning language. Once that time frame is over, language acquisition becomes very difficult.

In the _______________ approach to language acquisition, up to 5% of class time is spent using the second language.

Foreign language experience

How could you best describe the role that grammar plays in language?

Grammar enables complexity of meaning in language.

The component of language that involves two parts, syntax and morphology is known as ___________ development

Grammatical