Language Flashcards
1
Q
Hearing developed when?
A
fully developed 7 months into conception
2
Q
Synaptic Pruning
A
rapid development in complex systems but gets “pruned” by as much as 50%. by puberty; prunes unused synapses; strong environmental influence
3
Q
Language Acquisition Device
A
innate mechanism for learning language; children everywhere seem to learn language in a fixed sequence
4
Q
Language acquisition
A
“learning how to communicate”
5
Q
Order of language acquisition
A
6
Q
Cooing
A
production of vowel like sounds
7
Q
Babbling
A
combining consonants with vowels (4-6 months)
8
Q
Telegraphic speech
A
2 word phrases (18 months)
9
Q
Vocabulary explosion
A
2-3 yr old
