ELCC 1000 Cognitive Development Infants/ Toddlers

Typically, girls are slightly ahead of boys in early vocabulary growth.

• True

• False

Telegraphic speech is:

• beginning vowel sounds

• simple two word sentences

• speaking in full sentences

• grammatically correct

In language development, production is words children use and comprehension is language they understand.

• True

• False

Language development begins with a child's first spoken word.

• True

• False

Typically, children say their first word:

• 3 months

• 6 months

• 12 months

• 2 years

First words are often:

• people

• common objects

• sound effects

• all of these

Overextension and underextension occurs when children use words too narrowly or too broadly.

• True

• False

Production develops ahead of comprehension.

• True

• False

What factors influence language development:

• culture

• child-caregiver conversation

• SES

• all of these

What can you do to support early language development:

• play social games

• frequent conversations

• read to children often

• all of these