Lesson 4 Key Terms Flashcards
babbling
Long strings of sounds that children begin to produce at about 4 months of age
echolalia
Immediate vocal imitation of another speaker, could be whole words or partial, characterizes the child’s speech beginning at around 8 months
fully resonant nuclei (FRN)
Vowel like sounds that are fully resonated laryngeal tones
habituation
Over time, with repeated exposure, organisms react less strongly to successive presentation of a stimulus
integrative rehearsal
Use of repetition or rehearsal to transfer information to long-term memory
Information-processing concept
Ex) Flashcards
jargon
Strings of unintelligible speech sounds with the intonational pattern of adult speech
neonate
Newborn
phonotactic probability
The likelihood of phonemes appearing together and/or in certain locations in words
phonotactic regularities
Phonemes, phoneme combinations, and syllable structures typical of the native language and noticed by young children
quasi-resonant nuclei (ORN)
Partial resonance of speech sounds found in neonates
reduplicated babbling
Long strings of consonant-vowel (CV) syllable repetitions that appear in the vocal play of 6 to 7 month old infants
Ex) bababababa
reflexes
Automatic, involuntarily motor patterns
rehearsal
Process of maintaining information within long-term memory; repetition, drill, or practice
representations
Concepts stored in the brain
phonetically consistent forms (PCFs)
Consistent vocal patterns that accompany features prior to the appearance of words
sensitive period
Developmental period that varies for each perceptual and cognitive area during which the brain is more receptive to specific environmental input
variegated babbling
Long strings of nonidentical syllables that appear in the vocal play of some 8 to 10 month olds
synaptogenesis
A burst of synaptic growth that occurs at 8 to 10 months of age and is noted in changes in both a child’s perception and production of speech
