Lesson 4 Key Terms

Question 1

babbling

Answer 1

Long strings of sounds that children begin to produce at about 4 months of age

Question 2

echolalia

Answer 2

Immediate vocal imitation of another speaker, could be whole words or partial, characterizes the child’s speech beginning at around 8 months

Question 3

fully resonant nuclei (FRN)

Answer 3

Vowel like sounds that are fully resonated laryngeal tones

Question 4

habituation

Answer 4

Over time, with repeated exposure, organisms react less strongly to successive presentation of a stimulus

Question 5

integrative rehearsal

Answer 5

Use of repetition or rehearsal to transfer information to long-term memory
Information-processing concept
Ex) Flashcards

Question 6

jargon

Answer 6

Strings of unintelligible speech sounds with the intonational pattern of adult speech

Question 7

neonate

Answer 7

Newborn

Question 8

phonotactic probability

Answer 8

The likelihood of phonemes appearing together and/or in certain locations in words

Question 9

phonotactic regularities

Answer 9

Phonemes, phoneme combinations, and syllable structures typical of the native language and noticed by young children

Question 10

quasi-resonant nuclei (ORN)

Answer 10

Partial resonance of speech sounds found in neonates

Question 11

reduplicated babbling

Answer 11

Long strings of consonant-vowel (CV) syllable repetitions that appear in the vocal play of 6 to 7 month old infants
Ex) bababababa

Question 12

reflexes

Answer 12

Automatic, involuntarily motor patterns

Question 13

rehearsal

Answer 13

Process of maintaining information within long-term memory; repetition, drill, or practice

Question 14

representations

Answer 14

Concepts stored in the brain

Question 15

phonetically consistent forms (PCFs)

Answer 15

Consistent vocal patterns that accompany features prior to the appearance of words

Question 16

sensitive period

Answer 16

Developmental period that varies for each perceptual and cognitive area during which the brain is more receptive to specific environmental input

Question 17

variegated babbling

Answer 17

Long strings of nonidentical syllables that appear in the vocal play of some 8 to 10 month olds

Question 18

synaptogenesis

Answer 18

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