Language Development Quiz

What is the term that refers to the act of a caregiver and child both focusing on the same object or event at the same time?

• Shared attention

• Joint attention

• Child-adult interaction

• Parentese

Who is most known for their Stages of Syntactic Development?

• Boyle

• Piaget

• Boyd

• Brown

Definition of communication

• sending and receiving of ideas, information, feelings, or messages

• oral expression of language

• imitation of words, phrases, or sentences in the absence of an understanding of what they are saying

• ystem of abstract symbols and rule-governed structures

This structure is responsible for fine-tuning motor movements by coordinating and adjusting the activities controlled by the CNS

• Cerebellum

• Cerebrum

• Right Hemisphere

• Left Hemisphere

What is the Central Nervous System comprised of

• Cranial nerves and spinal nerves

• Cranial nerves

• Spinal nerves

• The brain and spinal cord

What is the ratio for inhalation to exhalation when speaking?

• 40% inhalation-60% exhalation

• 25% inhalation-75% exhalation

• 20% inhalation-80% exhalation

• 15% inhalation-85% exhalation

When your vocal folds come together to create voicing, what is this called

• flexion

• extension

• adduction

• adbuction

What does the inner ear consist of

• pinna, ear canal, and ear drum

• the malleus, incus, and stapes

• the oval window, the round window, and the cochlea

• the hammer, anvil, and mallet

Which theorist is most associated with the nativist perspective of language development

• Chomsky

• Vygotsky

• Piaget

• B.F. Skinner

What age does a child's first meaningful words usually appear

• 24 months

• 9 months

• 18 months

• 12 months