61.Which of the following are considered nonlinguistic forms of communication?
A)crying only
B)babbling and cooing
C)cooing and crying
D)babbling and crying
E)babbling, cooing, and crying
62.Regarding human language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)Although all children experience the same stages of language development, there is a great variety in the ordering of the stages, as well as the ages at which the stages occur, depending on the culture.
B)Children naturally acquire language by listening to the speech of others, long before they learn rules of grammar as part of their formal education.
C)By about 2.5 years of age, the average child speaks in full sentences and has a vocabulary over 500 words.
D)Scientists are now beginning to locate genes involved in the development of brain mechanisms responsible for language and speech.
E)Parents can help children develop language skills by talking and reading to them frequently, as well as by demonstrating proper language use and rewarding children for imitating it.
63.Norm and Bertha’s baby daughter has just begun making cooing sounds. If her development is average, what age is she predicted to be?
A)1 week
B)2 months
C)6 months
D)12 months
E)18 months
64.Beginning the use of one-word phrases is typical for which age group?
A)3 months
B)6 months
C)12 months
D)15 months
E)18 months
65.What is the sequence for language development?
A)cooing, babbling, crying, one-word phrases, two-word phrases
B)crying, cooing, babbling, one-word phrases, two-word phrases
C)crying, babbling, cooing, one-word phrases, two-word phrases
D)crying, cooing, one-word phrases, babbling, two-word phrases
E)cooing, crying, babbling, one-word phrases, two-word phrases
66.Simone Farnsworth is a writer of children’s books. When she creates her books, Farnsworth is very careful to avoid the use of language that emphasizes the world from a male perspective. Simone believes that using words and phrases that emphasize traditional gender roles may influence children to think in a gender-stereotyped manner. Farnsworth’s perspective is consistent with which of the following?
A)the existence of a language acquisition device
B)divergent thinking
C)the triarchic theory of intelligence
D)the linguistic relativity hypothesis
E)the practice of culture-fair testing
67.The belief that language affects how we think was first developed by ______, and this idea is presented in the ______.
A)Chomsky; linguistic relativity hypothesis
B)Whorf; linguistic relativity hypothesis
C)Chomsky; language acquisition hypothesis
D)Sternberg; triarchic linguistic hypothesis
E)Whorf; language acquisition hypothesis
68.Regarding research on the Whorfian hypothesis, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A)Research evidence does not support the original version of the Whorfian hypothesis, but it does support a weaker version of the hypothesis.
B)Research evidence does not support the original version of the Whorfian hypothesis, nor any subsequent versions.
C)Research evidence supports the Whorfian hypothesis.
D)Research has not yet been conducted on the Whorfian hypothesis.
E)Research supports the belief that language determines how we think and perceive the world.
69.The use of the generic “he” in referring to doctors and scientists may negatively affect career aspirations in young woman. This can best be explained by
A)the role that language plays in thinking.
B)the original but not the weaker version of the Whorfian hypothesis.
C)the language acquisition device as a mechanism that determines cultural patterns in language use..
D)the role that culture plays in language development.
E)Chomsky’s view of the importance of cultural experience in determining how we think about the world.
70. Jessica’s advisor recommends that Jessica take courses in at least one foreign language because, he says, there are some thoughts that simply cannot occur to people who speak only one language. Her advisor’s opinion is probably based on _____.
A) Chomsky’s language acquisition device concept
B) Premack’s artificial language research
C) the linguistic relativity hypothesis
D)Pinker’s research on grammar and communications
E) recent research with gorillas and chimpanzees
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