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Language Arts, 12th Edition Alison Zimbalist
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,Chapter 01: Beginnings of Communication
1. Many mothers notice a definite fetal response to environmental sounds during the third trimester of pregnancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A definite fetal response to environmental sounds can be felt by many mothers during the third
trimester of their pregnancy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
2. It is believed that babies can hear maternal speech sounds before birth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that it is believed that babies can hear material speech sounds before birth.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
3. It is important that parents believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the second or third
month of age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Parents must believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the
second or third month of age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
4. By age seven to twelve months, infants usually respond to their own name.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants usually respond to their own name by age seven to twelve months.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
5. By the age of six months, infants react to changes in their adult caregivers’ tone of voice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants react to changes in their adults caregivers’ tone of voice by the age of six months.
Incorrect
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,POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
6. Mothers who know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age are usually more skilled at
providing interactions and activities that might promote growth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Mothers are usually more skilled at providing interactions and activities that might promote
growth if they know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
7. Allowing babies to explore their environment safely is a necessary condition of good care.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A necessary condition of good care is allowing babies to explore their environment safely.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
8. An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually not observable before its first birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually observable before its first birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
9. At birth, each infant’s brain has an equal number of neurons and synapses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Not all infants’ brains have an equal number of neurons and synapses at birth.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
10. The human brain can be accurately described as a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous
system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The brain is a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous system.
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, Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
11. The text recommends that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to their infants to promote advanced
skills in very early infancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to their
infants to promote advanced skills in very early infancy.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
12. Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a child, in terms of the brain’s
cognitive ability, is after his/her fifth birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a child is
before their fifth birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
13. Commercial infant videos are recommended for they enhance an infant’s intellectual development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Commercial infant videos are not recommended as a way to enhance an infant’s intellectual
development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
14. The reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s feelings about himself.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that the reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s feelings
about themselves.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
15. The text recommends that families obtain products and learn techniques that will speed their infant’s brain
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,development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend obtaining products or learning techniques to speed their infant’s
brain development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
16. Speaking in a low, soothing voice may help an agitated infant attend and listen.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An agitated infant may attend and listen if you are speaking to them in a low, soothing voice.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
17. Adults often use a “lyrical” or “musical” speech when interacting with babies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct When interacting with babies, adults often use “lyrical” or “musical” speech.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
18. Babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next sound-making attempt.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next sound-
making attempt.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
19. The appearance of reduplicated babbles like “ba ba ba” is typical during an infant’s third month.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The appearance of reduplicated babbles is not typical during an infant’s third month.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,20. Researchers believe that baby sign language may promote communication skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct According to researchers, baby sign language may promote communication skills.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
21. Infants who are deaf are not capable of babbling.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Infants who are deaf are still capable of babbling.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
22. Caregivers and mothers should be aware of what infants are looking at and, when possible, comment on it.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is important for caregivers and mothers to be aware of what infants are looking at and, when
possible, comment on it.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
23. It is a good idea to hesitate briefly after you have said something to an infant.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Hesitating briefly after you have said something to an infant is a good idea.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
24. Deprivation can affect infant brain function.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infant brain function can be affected by deprivation.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,25. An attuned adult working with infants uses infant cues to modify adult actions and behaviors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that an attuned adult working with infants uses infant cues to modify adult actions and
behaviors.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
26. Building infant IQ isn’t possible at 3 months of age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect It is possible to build infant IQ at the age of three months.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
27. Boys are slightly more advanced during infancy in their ability to gesture and sign.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Boys are not more advanced during infancy in their ability to gesture and sign.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
28. An overreliance on signing may lead a baby to develop less vocabulary as they grow older.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect A reliance on signing does not lead a baby to develop less vocabulary as they grow older.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
29. A child’s language begins as primarily passive and then becomes expressive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A child’s language is, at first, primarily passive, then it becomes expressive.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,30. There probably isn’t any caregiver routine in which the adult should remain silent except nap time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The only caregiver routine in which an adult should remain silent is nap time.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
31. By the end of the first year an infant should be pointing at things he wants.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An infant should be pointing at things they want by the end of the first year.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
32. Educators suspect an infant’s signing ability is reflected in his IQ scores.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that educators suspect an infant’s signing ability is reflected in their IQ scores.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
33. Phonation concerns the flow of exhaled air over the larynx (throat).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The flow of exhaled air over the larynx is known as phonation.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
34. A secure emotional relationship in infancy is characterized by an individual helping another to increase his/her
balance and wellbeing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An individual helping another increase their balance and wellbeing is a characteristic of a
secure emotional relationship in infancy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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, 35. It is believed that being able to explore one’s environment promotes even more exploration and joy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Being able to explore one’s environment promotes even more exploration and joy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
36. Musical experiences for infants may have a strong possible connection to young children’s ability to process words.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct There may be a strong possible connection between musical experiences for infants and young
children’s ability to process words.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
37. Some researchers believe that an adult’s attempts to calm and sooth a distressed infant may actually sharpen the
infant’s ability to calm himself and also better attend to stimuli when faced with future stressful situations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that some researchers believe an adult’s attempt to calm and sooth a distressed infant
may sharpen the infant’s ability to calm himself and better attend to stimuli when faced with
future stressful situations.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
38. Whether infants reach developmental milestones early or are on the late side of normal has little predictive value
concerning future proficiency or cognitive skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Reaching milestones earlier or late in infancy has little predictive value concerning future
proficiency or cognitive skills.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
39. At birth or shortly thereafter, an infant may be able to recognize subtle differences between his native language sounds
and another world language sounds.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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Language Arts, 12th Edition Alison Zimbalist
Notes
1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you 10 pages.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel
sheet if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make
update at every time. There are many new
editions waiting you.
5- If you think you purchased the wrong file
You can contact us at every time, we can
replace it with true one.
Our email:
,Chapter 01: Beginnings of Communication
1. Many mothers notice a definite fetal response to environmental sounds during the third trimester of pregnancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A definite fetal response to environmental sounds can be felt by many mothers during the third
trimester of their pregnancy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
2. It is believed that babies can hear maternal speech sounds before birth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that it is believed that babies can hear material speech sounds before birth.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
3. It is important that parents believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the second or third
month of age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Parents must believe their babies may try to imitate parent actions or sounds as early as the
second or third month of age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
4. By age seven to twelve months, infants usually respond to their own name.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants usually respond to their own name by age seven to twelve months.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
5. By the age of six months, infants react to changes in their adult caregivers’ tone of voice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infants react to changes in their adults caregivers’ tone of voice by the age of six months.
Incorrect
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,POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
6. Mothers who know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age are usually more skilled at
providing interactions and activities that might promote growth.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Mothers are usually more skilled at providing interactions and activities that might promote
growth if they know more about what abilities their infants possess at any given age.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
7. Allowing babies to explore their environment safely is a necessary condition of good care.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A necessary condition of good care is allowing babies to explore their environment safely.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
8. An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually not observable before its first birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect An infant’s emotional wellbeing is usually observable before its first birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
9. At birth, each infant’s brain has an equal number of neurons and synapses.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Not all infants’ brains have an equal number of neurons and synapses at birth.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
10. The human brain can be accurately described as a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous
system.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The brain is a flexible, sensitive, and plastic part of the human central nervous system.
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, Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
11. The text recommends that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to their infants to promote advanced
skills in very early infancy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend that parents provide special, extraordinary experiences to their
infants to promote advanced skills in very early infancy.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
12. Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a child, in terms of the brain’s
cognitive ability, is after his/her fifth birthday.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Researchers have found that the best age at which to introduce a second language to a child is
before their fifth birthday.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
13. Commercial infant videos are recommended for they enhance an infant’s intellectual development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Commercial infant videos are not recommended as a way to enhance an infant’s intellectual
development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
14. The reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s feelings about himself.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that the reactions or feedback a baby receives from others shapes the infant’s feelings
about themselves.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
15. The text recommends that families obtain products and learn techniques that will speed their infant’s brain
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,development.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The text does not recommend obtaining products or learning techniques to speed their infant’s
brain development.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
16. Speaking in a low, soothing voice may help an agitated infant attend and listen.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An agitated infant may attend and listen if you are speaking to them in a low, soothing voice.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
17. Adults often use a “lyrical” or “musical” speech when interacting with babies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct When interacting with babies, adults often use “lyrical” or “musical” speech.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
18. Babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next sound-making attempt.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that babies may learn to wait for an adult response before they utter their next sound-
making attempt.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
19. The appearance of reduplicated babbles like “ba ba ba” is typical during an infant’s third month.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect The appearance of reduplicated babbles is not typical during an infant’s third month.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,20. Researchers believe that baby sign language may promote communication skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct According to researchers, baby sign language may promote communication skills.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
21. Infants who are deaf are not capable of babbling.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Infants who are deaf are still capable of babbling.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
22. Caregivers and mothers should be aware of what infants are looking at and, when possible, comment on it.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is important for caregivers and mothers to be aware of what infants are looking at and, when
possible, comment on it.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
23. It is a good idea to hesitate briefly after you have said something to an infant.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Hesitating briefly after you have said something to an infant is a good idea.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
24. Deprivation can affect infant brain function.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Infant brain function can be affected by deprivation.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,25. An attuned adult working with infants uses infant cues to modify adult actions and behaviors.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that an attuned adult working with infants uses infant cues to modify adult actions and
behaviors.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
26. Building infant IQ isn’t possible at 3 months of age.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect It is possible to build infant IQ at the age of three months.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
27. Boys are slightly more advanced during infancy in their ability to gesture and sign.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect Boys are not more advanced during infancy in their ability to gesture and sign.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
28. An overreliance on signing may lead a baby to develop less vocabulary as they grow older.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
FEEDBACK: Correct
Incorrect A reliance on signing does not lead a baby to develop less vocabulary as they grow older.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
29. A child’s language begins as primarily passive and then becomes expressive.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct A child’s language is, at first, primarily passive, then it becomes expressive.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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,30. There probably isn’t any caregiver routine in which the adult should remain silent except nap time.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The only caregiver routine in which an adult should remain silent is nap time.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
31. By the end of the first year an infant should be pointing at things he wants.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An infant should be pointing at things they want by the end of the first year.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
32. Educators suspect an infant’s signing ability is reflected in his IQ scores.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that educators suspect an infant’s signing ability is reflected in their IQ scores.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
33. Phonation concerns the flow of exhaled air over the larynx (throat).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct The flow of exhaled air over the larynx is known as phonation.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
34. A secure emotional relationship in infancy is characterized by an individual helping another to increase his/her
balance and wellbeing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct An individual helping another increase their balance and wellbeing is a characteristic of a
secure emotional relationship in infancy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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, 35. It is believed that being able to explore one’s environment promotes even more exploration and joy.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Being able to explore one’s environment promotes even more exploration and joy.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
36. Musical experiences for infants may have a strong possible connection to young children’s ability to process words.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct There may be a strong possible connection between musical experiences for infants and young
children’s ability to process words.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
37. Some researchers believe that an adult’s attempts to calm and sooth a distressed infant may actually sharpen the
infant’s ability to calm himself and also better attend to stimuli when faced with future stressful situations.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct It is true that some researchers believe an adult’s attempt to calm and sooth a distressed infant
may sharpen the infant’s ability to calm himself and better attend to stimuli when faced with
future stressful situations.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
38. Whether infants reach developmental milestones early or are on the late side of normal has little predictive value
concerning future proficiency or cognitive skills.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
FEEDBACK: Correct Reaching milestones earlier or late in infancy has little predictive value concerning future
proficiency or cognitive skills.
Incorrect
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
39. At birth or shortly thereafter, an infant may be able to recognize subtle differences between his native language sounds
and another world language sounds.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
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