PSYCH370 Game Show Quiz

1. If parents read books to their kids, they are setting them up for success in:

• 1. Language acquisition

• 1. Reading abilities

• 1. Motor skills 

• 1. Both a & b 

For children, later learning is based on:

• 1. Early acquisition

• 1. Later acquisition

• 1. Kids’ interactions with the environment 

• 1. Genetics passed down from parents 

The following is true about children’s vocabulary and emotions:

• 1. Children’s vocabulary and emotion are not interconnected and one does not affect the other

• 1. Children’s emotions have an impact on their school readiness, but their vocabulary does not

• 1. A wider vocabulary is a tool that helps children to better regulate their emotions

• 1. Children’s vocabulary has an impact on their school readiness, but their emotions do not

 Gestures used by children at 18 months can be used to predict their vocabulary at 54 months old.

• True

• False

The insight that language builds on its own success is a theory of the development of children’s word learning abilities called:

• 1. The Cognitive Theory

• 1. The Constructivist Theory 

• 1. Behaviorism 

• 1. The Emergent Coalitionist Perspective

Which of the following is NOT one of the six principles that describe environmental factors that spur language learning?

• 1. Children need to hear many words often

• 1. Vocabulary is learned before grammar 

• 1. Vocabulary and grammar are learned together

• 1.  Words are learned when meanings are made clear

Children that come from homes where parents are poor and have limited educations face ____ challenges in learning how to read in comparison to children that come from homes where they do not face this issue (fill in the blank)

• Less

• More

• Equal

• None of the above

Semantic knowledge is important to reading comprehension. 

• True

• False

Preschool children with strong regulatory skills are better able to:

• 1. Form positive relations with peers and teachers

• 1. Display greater social competence in kindergarten 

• 1. Have better achievement in kindergarten and beyond

• 1. All of the above

Hackman and Farrah found that language parts of the brain are NOT affected by poverty in comparison to other areas. 

• True

• False