Psych Unit 4 FA Dummy 5, 2025-26

The ability to understand that “cats” is made of “cat” plus a plural marker “-s” involves knowledge of:

• Morphemes

• Phonemes

• Syntax

• Semantics

What is the stage of speech development beginning around 4 months, when an infant produces various sounds not yet related to their household language?

• Babbling Stage

• Telegraphic Speech

• Holophrastic Stage

• One-Word Stage

The early phase of language development when infants spontaneously make diverse sounds unrelated to actual words is called the:

• Babbling Stage

• Telegraphic Speech

• Syntax Acquisition

• Critical Period

Which term describes the period when infants begin vocalizing a wide range of sounds starting around 4 months old?

• Babbling Stage

• Language Acquisition Device

• Holophrase Stage

• Overgeneralization

Beginning around four months, infants enter which stage of speech development marked by spontaneous sound production?

• Babbling Stage

• Syntax Stage

• Two-Word Stage

• Language Explosion

A study found that infants between 4 and 6 months produce sounds like "ba" and "da" regardless of their native language, illustrating which speech stage?

• Babbling Stage

• One-Word Stage

• Telegraphic Speech

• Holophrasic Stage

If a baby in a multilingual home starts making a variety of sounds that do not yet resemble specific words, which developmental stage are they in?

• Babbling Stage

• Language Acquisition Device Stage

• Two-Word Stage

• Overregularization Stage

When a researcher observes infants making non-meaningful sounds before forming real words, they are studying which phase of language development?

• Babbling Stage

• Syntax Acquisition

• Semantic Development

• Telegraphic Speech

A parent notices their 5-month-old is making repetitive sounds like “ba-ba” and “da-da” that do not yet have meaning. This behavior is characteristic of what stage?

• Babbling Stage

• Holophrasic Stage

• One-Word Stage

• Language Explosion

What is the stage in speech development, typically between ages 1 and 2, when children mostly speak using single words?

• One-Word Stage

• Babbling Stage

• Telegraphic Speech

• Two-Word Stage