CSD 333 Final Exam – comprehensive study guide and exam preparation
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According to the lecture, which one of the following terms is NOT a part of process in which
children grasp the meaning of a speech? - ANS ✔✔Speaker position
Which of the following was NOT highlighted in the lecture as a component of language that
children must learn during development? - ANS ✔✔Music
Which of the following represent ways of conceptualizing or defining language? - ANS
✔✔Language is a system of symbols
Language is shared
Language is conventionalized
Language is a tool for human communication
All of the above**
Which of the following terms refers to the idea that certain areas of the brain are responsible
for tasks needed for cognition and problem solving in general? - ANS ✔✔Domain-general
Which of the following terms is generally taken to refer mainly to a kind of neuromuscular
activity? - ANS ✔✔Speech
A term referring to movements of the human vocal folds is: - ANS ✔✔Phonation
Which of the following backs up the idea that language and speech are not the same thing? -
ANS ✔✔Language can be intact, while speech is impaired
Speech can be intact, while language is impaired
Both of the above***
,When the referent of a communicative intent is clear from context, this is referred to as: - ANS
✔✔Preintentional communication
Intentional communication
Iconic communication
More than one of the above***
Which one of the following terms are NOT the characteristics of paralinguistic feedback? - ANS
✔✔Gesture
If a person expresses his or her individual state of mind or feelings, this is referred to as which of
the following communicative purposes? - ANS ✔✔Personal
If a child says "I liking to play game", which domain of language still needs to be improved? -
ANS ✔✔Form
Which of the following terms is most closely related to the meanings of words? - ANS
✔✔Content
Which of the following terms is most closely related to the orderings of words to form
grammatical sentences? - ANS ✔✔Form
The term for variations on sound categories is: - ANS ✔✔allophone
"Cat" is an example of a bound morpheme in English. - ANS ✔✔False
The term referring to the social aspects of language is: - ANS ✔✔pragmatics
,The term "fast mapping" is used to refer to the fact that children need only a brief exposure to a
new word and its referent in order to learn the word. - ANS ✔✔True
Which of the following options lists the person who hypothesized the critical period hypothesis
and the evidence from Genie's case that supports this hypothesis? - ANS ✔✔Lenneberg;
inability to make sentences in a grammatically correct fashion
The term "critical period" refers to a period of time before a child turns two years old in which
language exposure is critical for full language development. - ANS ✔✔False
Which of the following terms refers to the fact that meaning can be interpreted with respect to
the time and place in which a communicative act occurs? - ANS ✔✔intentional communication
There is a/an _____________ relationship between phonological sound patterns of words and
their referents. - ANS ✔✔arbitrary
People from Michigan typically speak in an average, normal way and do not typically have a
dialect. - ANS ✔✔False
AAVE is equivalent in language complexity to other dialects. - ANS ✔✔True
According to the lecture, which one of the following terms cannot be considered as a
characteristic of bilingual children? - ANS ✔✔Following the priority of parts of speech
Higher caregiver responsiveness predicts: - ANS ✔✔Faster language acquisition
Approximately how many children experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year? - ANS
✔✔500,000
, Applied research focuses on enhancing scientific understanding via theory development. - ANS
✔✔False
Which of the following paradigms are used to study speech perception in babies? - ANS
✔✔High-amplitude nonnutritive sucking procedure
Head-turn preference procedure
Preferential looking procedure
All of the above***
Which of the following is the hardest goal of science? - ANS ✔✔Control
Which of the following most directly relates to the principle of connectivity in science? - ANS
✔✔For a theory to be good and for it to be of any use in science, it must be possible to test it
and falsify it.
Someone who believes that infants are guided by observation and experience, rather than
coming innately hard-wired for language is a/an: - ANS ✔✔Empiricist
Which statement is not discussed as a concept of language development theories? - ANS
✔✔The notion of acquiring and developing language as a result of environmental interaction
comes from nature-inspired theories.
orrrr Most language development theories lie somewhere in between extreme nature-oriented
and extreme nurture-oriented views.
Behaviorist theory posited that language learning was the result of offering reward and ______.
- ANS ✔✔Punishment
According to behaviorist theory, language learning was viewed as the result of reward and
punishment. - ANS ✔✔True
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According to the lecture, which one of the following terms is NOT a part of process in which
children grasp the meaning of a speech? - ANS ✔✔Speaker position
Which of the following was NOT highlighted in the lecture as a component of language that
children must learn during development? - ANS ✔✔Music
Which of the following represent ways of conceptualizing or defining language? - ANS
✔✔Language is a system of symbols
Language is shared
Language is conventionalized
Language is a tool for human communication
All of the above**
Which of the following terms refers to the idea that certain areas of the brain are responsible
for tasks needed for cognition and problem solving in general? - ANS ✔✔Domain-general
Which of the following terms is generally taken to refer mainly to a kind of neuromuscular
activity? - ANS ✔✔Speech
A term referring to movements of the human vocal folds is: - ANS ✔✔Phonation
Which of the following backs up the idea that language and speech are not the same thing? -
ANS ✔✔Language can be intact, while speech is impaired
Speech can be intact, while language is impaired
Both of the above***
,When the referent of a communicative intent is clear from context, this is referred to as: - ANS
✔✔Preintentional communication
Intentional communication
Iconic communication
More than one of the above***
Which one of the following terms are NOT the characteristics of paralinguistic feedback? - ANS
✔✔Gesture
If a person expresses his or her individual state of mind or feelings, this is referred to as which of
the following communicative purposes? - ANS ✔✔Personal
If a child says "I liking to play game", which domain of language still needs to be improved? -
ANS ✔✔Form
Which of the following terms is most closely related to the meanings of words? - ANS
✔✔Content
Which of the following terms is most closely related to the orderings of words to form
grammatical sentences? - ANS ✔✔Form
The term for variations on sound categories is: - ANS ✔✔allophone
"Cat" is an example of a bound morpheme in English. - ANS ✔✔False
The term referring to the social aspects of language is: - ANS ✔✔pragmatics
,The term "fast mapping" is used to refer to the fact that children need only a brief exposure to a
new word and its referent in order to learn the word. - ANS ✔✔True
Which of the following options lists the person who hypothesized the critical period hypothesis
and the evidence from Genie's case that supports this hypothesis? - ANS ✔✔Lenneberg;
inability to make sentences in a grammatically correct fashion
The term "critical period" refers to a period of time before a child turns two years old in which
language exposure is critical for full language development. - ANS ✔✔False
Which of the following terms refers to the fact that meaning can be interpreted with respect to
the time and place in which a communicative act occurs? - ANS ✔✔intentional communication
There is a/an _____________ relationship between phonological sound patterns of words and
their referents. - ANS ✔✔arbitrary
People from Michigan typically speak in an average, normal way and do not typically have a
dialect. - ANS ✔✔False
AAVE is equivalent in language complexity to other dialects. - ANS ✔✔True
According to the lecture, which one of the following terms cannot be considered as a
characteristic of bilingual children? - ANS ✔✔Following the priority of parts of speech
Higher caregiver responsiveness predicts: - ANS ✔✔Faster language acquisition
Approximately how many children experience traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year? - ANS
✔✔500,000
, Applied research focuses on enhancing scientific understanding via theory development. - ANS
✔✔False
Which of the following paradigms are used to study speech perception in babies? - ANS
✔✔High-amplitude nonnutritive sucking procedure
Head-turn preference procedure
Preferential looking procedure
All of the above***
Which of the following is the hardest goal of science? - ANS ✔✔Control
Which of the following most directly relates to the principle of connectivity in science? - ANS
✔✔For a theory to be good and for it to be of any use in science, it must be possible to test it
and falsify it.
Someone who believes that infants are guided by observation and experience, rather than
coming innately hard-wired for language is a/an: - ANS ✔✔Empiricist
Which statement is not discussed as a concept of language development theories? - ANS
✔✔The notion of acquiring and developing language as a result of environmental interaction
comes from nature-inspired theories.
orrrr Most language development theories lie somewhere in between extreme nature-oriented
and extreme nurture-oriented views.
Behaviorist theory posited that language learning was the result of offering reward and ______.
- ANS ✔✔Punishment
According to behaviorist theory, language learning was viewed as the result of reward and
punishment. - ANS ✔✔True
