Language Development

By age 6, children speak in elaborate sentences and are skilled conversationalists.

• True

• False

Nativism says that language is a uniquely human accomplishment etched into the structure of the brain.

• True

• False

Language acquisition occurs through exchanges between inner capacities and environmental influences, this is:

• Nativism

• Acquasitionism

• Behaviourism

• Interactionism

Deaf infants not exposed to sign language will stop babbling entirely

• True

• False

Alia uses the word “open” to apply to opening a juice bottle, and turning on the light. This is an example of:

• underextension

• overextension

• telegraphic speech

• referential speech

Two-year-old Ali utters the words “cat tired.” This is an example of:

• underextension

• overextension

• telegraphic speech

• referential speech