Nativist model - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

pragmatics - answer-the rules governing the effective appropriate use of language babbling - answer-the universal part of language development for infants, regardless of their culture or the language spoken around them syntax - answer-the ability that preschoolers develop, as they gain understanding of how words and phrases can be combined to form sentences Fast-mapping - answer-the term for instances in which new words are associated with their meaning after only a brief encounter l...

MTTC ESL STUDY SET 1st stage of first-language aquisition - ANS-between 6-8 months babbling stage child makes repetitive patterns of sound with mouth 2nd stage of first-language aquisition - ANS-one-word stage 9-18 months child makes basic word stems and single open-class words 3rd stage of first-language aquisition - ANS-two-word stage 18-24 months child begins making miniature sentences with simple semantic relations 4th stage of first-language aquisition - ANS-early telegraph stage ...

Speech - Answer The acoustic production of sounds, involves oral/motor components to create acoustic production - can be completely meaningless (i.e. babbling) Language - Answer The representation of concepts in our minds; a socially shared code/conventional system for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols - can be understood/produced, does not depend on modality Communication - Answer The exchange of information, ideas, ...

behavioural - CORRECT ANS Skinner nativist - CORRECT ANS Chomksy (Language Acquisition Device) Cognitive - CORRECT ANS Piaget, relies on cognitive process Information Processing - CORRECT ANS organization, working memory, attention, auditory discrim Social Interactionism - CORRECT ANS Vygotsky, scaffolding MLU - CORRECT ANS # of morphemes/# of utterances TTR - CORRECT ANS # of different words / # of total words normal TTR - CORRECT ANS 1:2 or 0.5 functional assessment - CORRECT ANS in ...

West-E (051) ELLs Syntax - Answer-word order Pragmatics - Answer-(context and function) system by which a language is used in social interactions. E.g. Will you go out with me is different when two 6th graders say it vs. when two adults are talking about playing Frisbee. Applied Linguistics - Answer-offers solutions to language-related real-life problems Phonology - Answer-Sounds of a language and the study of those sounds. Phoneme - Answer-Smallest unit of sound Morphology -...

Andrew Carnegie Scottish-born industrialist who developed the U.S. steel industry; his is a rags-to-riches story as he made a fortune in business and then sold his holdings in 1901 for $447 million. He spent the rest of his life giving away$350 million to worthy cultural and educational causes. Bloody Shirt Republican campaign tactic that blamed the Democrats for the Civil War; it was used successfully in campaigns from 1868 to 1876 to keep Democrats out of public office, especially the p...

Although psychology and philosophy are related, psychology eventually grew out of philosophy to become a separate discipline. What distinguishes psychology from philosophy? correct answer: psychology emphasizes answering questions using the scientific method Dr. Debord is a therapist who helps people with adjustment problems such as relationship problems and career guidance. He is most likely trained as a ________ . correct answer: counseling psychologist Dr. Hou works for an automobile ...

lifespan development correct answer: The study of age-related changes that occur from birth, throughout a person's life, into and during old age psychodynamic perspective correct answer: behavior throughout life is motivated by inner, unconscious forces, stemming form childhood, over which we have little control focusing on the inner persons: states that behavior is motivated by inner forces, memories, and conflicts that are generally beyond people's awareness and control behavioral p...

US History 101 Straighterline Final Exam Questions and Complete Solutions The industrial revolution in the United States - Answer: created a widening gap between the north and south The Puritan founders of the Massachusetts Bay colony - Answer: were intent on building a model community The nation emerged from its second war with England - Answer: better prepared to settle its western territories The doctrine of nullification argued that - Answer: A state could refuse to implement a f...

MTTC ESL STUDY SET correct answers 100% 20231st stage of first-language aquisition - correct answer between 6-8 months babbling stage child makes repetitive patterns of sound with mouth 2nd stage of first-language aquisition - correct answer one-word stage 9-18 months child makes basic word stems and single open-class words 3rd stage of first-language aquisition - correct answer two-word stage 18-24 months child begins making miniature sentences with simple semantic relations 4th ...