language and learning

Question 1

what is the term for toxins and environments that may affect fetal development?

A-teratogens
B- tertogotens
C-toxins

Answer 1

A- teratogens are the toxins and environments that affect feral development

an example would be feral alcohol syndrome and thalidomide

Question 2

Which type of brain plasticity is within a life time ?

A- Experience - expectant
B- experience - dependant
C- experience - plasticity

Answer 2

B- experience - dependant occurs within a life time

Question 3

What is the sensitive period ?

A- the period where change can occur
B- the period of highest sensitivity to light
C- the period of high vision

Answer 3

A- the sensitive period is the period where the change will occur - an example is the imprinting in birds

Question 4

The Chomskian view of language is :

A- the language will occur through out the life time
B- there is a critical period when the language is acquired from infancy to puberty
c- the children will learn language from external sources

Answer 4

B- chomsky believed that there is a critical period where the language is acquired from infancy to puberty - lenneberg 1967

Question 5

What was the cause of the language problem in the KE family ?

A- deletion of genes
B- mutation of genes
c- Inbreeding

Answer 5

B- mutation of the FOXP2 gene linked to a chromosomal region is thought to be the cause for the language disorder in the ke family

Question 6

What is the continuity hypothesis related to babbling ?

A- babbling is a hint of emotion in babies
b- Babbling has no link to spoken language
C- babbling is a direct precursor of spoken language

Answer 6

c - THE CONTINUITY HYPOTHESIS - Babbling is a direct precursor of spoken language

Question 7

‘how do infants determine relation between words and observations about the world ?’ is from what ?

A- gavagai problem of mapping
B- piagets problem of cognition
C- gavagai problem of speaking

Answer 7

a - gavagais problem of mapping

Question 8

Childrens language learning plotted on a graph would show :
A- a spurt of learning at a certain age
B- a smooth continuous learning
C- stages of learning

Answer 8

b- THERE IS NO SPURT IN LEARNING most children will have a smooth exponential curve