Language

Question 1

At what age can infants differentiate phonemes?

Answer 1

2-7 months

Question 2

What types of phonemes do infants produce at 2 months and 6 months?

Answer 2

2 months: cooing
6 months: babbling

Question 3

What 3 developments are made in language development of infants at age 8-12 months?

Answer 3

1. Adjusting tone in babbling
2. Noticing patterns in speech
3. Prune/specializing language skills

Question 4

At what age do infants speak their first words?

Answer 4

12 months

Question 5

When do infants recognize that words have meaning?

Answer 5

12 months

Question 6

At what age do infants learn to use two-word speech?

Answer 6

18 months

Question 7

What is a naming explosion

Answer 7

Where many more words are learned, and they are learned faster than before

Question 8

At 15 months and 18 months, how many new words a week are learned?

Answer 8

15 months: 2-3 new words/week
18 months: 10+ new words/week

Question 9

What are 3 causes of a naming explosion?

Answer 9

1. Joint attention
2. Listening to and exploring their world
3. Advancing cognitive development and phonological memory

Question 10

At what age do toddlers integrate grammar into their language?

Answer 10

3-6 years

Question 11

When would children develop deeper meanings into their sentences (e.g., sarcasm)?

Answer 11

6-9 years

Question 12

What are the consequences of not learning language development during the critical period?

Answer 12

Can only learn a few words, never mastering language or grammar

Question 13

True or false: educational videos to promote language learning is especially effective before 18 months of age

Answer 13

False

Question 14

What types of children’s TV shows are better for developing language?

Answer 14

TV shows with interactive aspects and question asking (e.g., Dora the Explorer; Blue’s Clues)

Question 15

True or false: parents teaching children about language learning directly is more effective than any type of language learning video.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Why might children serving as eyewitness testimonies in legal proceedings like family disputes and child abuse allegations be serious?

Answer 16

Miscommunications open opportunities for failure in communication

Question 17

What are 3 negative impacts on interviewing children, especially on serious issues?

Answer 17

1. Distressing circumstances
2. Power imbalance between adult and child
3. Developmental imbalance between adult and child

Question 18

What is the significance of the word “time” in children’s language development

Answer 18

They use this word often in their sentences, but often make linguistic errors with it