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1.	The ability of an English speaker to know the difference between\"John hit the ball\" and \"the ball was hit by John\" relies mostheavily on the component of language called a. pragmatics. b. phonology. c. syntax. d. lexicon.
2.	An individual has developed a program to teach English tochildren entering school who only speak Spanish. She did this bylearning about the culture of the children and determining whattraining approaches worked best in that culture. This is an exampleof a. cognitivism. b. applied research. c. basic research. d. cultural modeling.
3.	Which of the following is a major problem with using \"wildchildren\" such as the boy of Aveyron or even Genie to address theissue of the inherent nature of language? a. They may not need language tocommunicate effectively with other humans. b. These individuals lack themotivation found in non-wild children. c. Their brains change to becomemore like that of a primate or other non-human. d. They may not be normal orhealthy individuals initially or when studied.
4.	Chomsky revolutionized the study of language and languagedevelopment by changing the focus from a. formal study of language to theinformal study of it. b. the direct environmentaldeterminants to the indirect observational or modeleddeterminants. c. the phonology to the lexicon oflanguage. d. the surface characteristics tothe structural or grammatical characteristics of language.
5.	Which of the following goals would fit the focus of adomain-general cognitive approach to the study of languagedevelopment? a. Describing the factors in theenvironment of the child that shape or mold language. b. Describing the role of imitationand short/long term memory in learning language. c. Describing the nature of thechild's early social interactions with family and others. d. Describing the role of differentbrain structures in language development.
6.	How would a constructivist such as Piaget explain languagedevelopment? a. Early social interactionsinvolving language are critical to language development. b. A language rich environment isnecessary for language development. c. Innate human mental abilitiesinteract with the environment to yield language. d. Language unfolds as the childmature given minimal language exposure.
7.	Which of the following findings would lend support to a languagespecific module in humans? a. There is a somewhat universalsequence to the development of all languages. b. \"Wild\" or feral children havemajor difficulty in acquiring language. c. Children with responsive parentsdevelop lexicon at a faster than normal rate. d. Children who are cognitivelyimpaired are usually language impaired.
8.	Which of the following theories of language development wouldfit most best into the formalist view? a. Skinner's b. connectionist c. social-interactionists d. Chomsky's
9.	How do the connectionists explain how a child learns to use therules of language without acquiring the rules either explicitly orimplicitly? a. because our innate languageknowledge follows these same rules. b. by rote memorization of all therules of their native language c. by noticing the regularitiesoccurring in the language input received d. by trial and error reinforcementof certain behavior patterns
10.	You believe that language is acquired from the feedback aninfant receives for making different sounds. Specifically, if anEnglish-speaking infant makes English speech sounds they will berewarded and not when they make sounds from other languages. Yourviews fit best into the framework called a. social-interactionists. b. behaviorism. c. generativist. d. connectionist
11.	Which theoretical framework for language development wouldemphasize checking perceptual (e.g., hearing) and general cognitive(e.g., memory) abilities of a young child who manifests a problemwith language? a. constructivist b. behaviorist c. social-interactionist d. generativist
12.	Which of the following methods of data collection would be thebest approach if you wished to determine if children could learnthe rules of language by attending to the speech inputted tothem? a. correlational research b. computational modeling c. standardized tests d. speech sampling