Use (interaction/conversation, communication, expression) - children

Question 1

When does crying with sudden pitch shifts occur?

Answer 1

Birth - 2 months

Question 2

When do children produce vegetative sounds such as burping, coughing, swallowing?

Answer 2

Birth - 2 months

Question 3

When do children produce neutral sounds which are not necessarily emotive?

Answer 3

Birth - 2 months

Question 4

When do children look intently at their caregiver (mutual/dyadic gaze)?

Answer 4

Birth - 2 months

Question 5

When do turn taking games and vocal behaviours come about?

Answer 5

Birth - 2 months

Question 6

When do children follow objects with their eyes?

Answer 6

Birth - 2 months

Question 7

When do children turn and attend to voices?

Answer 7

Birth - 2 months

Question 8

When do children coo (vowel-like sounds)?

Answer 8

Birth - 2 months

Question 9

When are children’s vocalisations pre-intentional?

Answer 9

Birth - 2 months

Question 10

When are children’s smiles less automatic and unselective?

Answer 10

Birth - 2 months

Question 11

When do children produce mostly vowels but with a few consonants emerging?

Answer 11

2-4 months

Question 12

When do children cry less?

Answer 12

2-4 months, specifically after 12 weeks

Question 13

When do children begin consonant plus vowel, e.g. ‘coo’ and ‘goo’?

Answer 13

2-4 months

Question 14

When do children express some pleasure sounds, such as ‘mmm’?

Answer 14

2-4 months

Question 15

When are children not interested in an expressionless face and prefer exaggerations (highlighting the shift from a simultaneous to a sequential vocalisation pattern)?

Answer 15

2-4 months

Question 16

When do children begin to modify their gaze (making and breaking contact), showing that they can predict events and behaviour?

Answer 16

2-4 months

Question 17

When do children smile less at objects and adapt their smile to become more broader and social?

Answer 17

2-4 months

Question 18

When do children begin to babble?

Answer 18

4-6 months

Question 19

When do children smile in response to a smile?

Answer 19

4-6 months

Question 20

When do children watch other children?

Answer 20

4-6 months

Question 21

When do children react to others’ emotions, and form a communication bond?

Answer 21

4-6 months

Question 22

When do children follow adults’ eye gaze, showing shared attention?

Answer 22

4-6 months

Question 23

When do children anticipate events?

Answer 23

4-6 months

Question 24

When do children protest?

Answer 24

4-6 months

Question 25

When do children laugh?

Answer 25

4-6 months (specifically 16 weeks)

Question 26

When do children vary their intonation?

Answer 26

4-6 months

Question 27

When do children produce pitch glides?

Answer 27

4-6 months

Question 28

When do children selectively attend to individuals?

Answer 28

4-6 months

Question 29

When do children produce reduplicated babbling?

Answer 29

6-10 months

Question 30

When do children use short exclamations?

Answer 30

6-10 months

Question 31

When do children draw attention to self?

Answer 31

6-10 months

Question 32

When do children search for their lost toys?

Answer 32

6-10 months

Question 33

When do children initiate speech sounds and actions?

Answer 33

6-10 months

Question 34

When do children control people in their environment?

Answer 34

6-10 months

Question 35

When do children request and refuse non-verbally?

Answer 35

6-10 months

Question 36

When does children’s speech become intentional?

Answer 36

6-10 months

Question 37

When may the first word appear?

Answer 37

10-12 months

Question 38

When does variegated babbling occur (a mix of syllables)?

Answer 38

10-12 months

Question 39

When do CV/CVC combinations occur?

Answer 39

10-12 months

Question 40

When do children understand several words in context?

Answer 40

10-12 months

Question 41

When do children wave bye-bye on request?

Answer 41

10-12 months

Question 42

When do children use sound/intonation with gesture to communicate?

Answer 42

10-12 months

Question 43

When do children select common objects on request?

Answer 43

10-12 months

Question 44

What is jargon?

Answer 44

Conversational babbling

- pre-linguistics vocalisations in which infants use adult-like stress and intonation