CSD 2318 - Language Development Midterm Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Intentionality hypothesis (pragmatics) Correct Answer children's experiences using language to engage with other people fosters their development of form and function Joint attention Correct Answer instances in which infants and caregivers focus attention on a mutual object. 1. Attendance to social partners (birth-6 months) 2. Emergence and coordination of joint attention (6 months-1 year) 3. Transition to language (1 year+) Protoconversations Correct Answer caregivers assume the most control, giving meaning to a child's unintelligible language Types of feedback in communication Correct Answer paralinguistic; linguistic; and extralinguistic feedback Paralinguistic feedback Correct Answer superimposed over language; stress, loudness, pitch, etc. Linguistic feedback Correct Answer words used Extralinguistic feedback Correct Answer facial expressions, gestures. Register: stylistic variations in language that occur in different situational contexts. Children vary registers during dramatic play in preschool Neuroscience Correct Answer branch of science that focuses on the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system Neuroanatomy Correct Answer anatomical structures of the nervous system (structure) Neurophysiology Correct Answer how the structures of the nervous system work together of separately (function) Neurolinguistics Correct Answer study of the structures and function of the nervous system that relate to language Central nervous system Correct Answer comprises brain and spinal cord Protective layers Correct Answer bone, 3 meninges (pia mater, arachnid, dura mater), CSF