Language Theories
Language Areas in the Brain
Communication Milestones
Early Language Development
BONUS CATEGORY
100
Language Acquisition Device
What is LAD?
100
This area is a associated with grammatical processing and language production.
What is Broca's area.
100
At this age, infants coo.
What is 2 months
100
This type of speech helps give meaning to words with the assistance of gestures.
What is Child-Directed-Speech.
100
What is the first stage of Erikson's Psychosocial Stages?
What is Basic Trust vs. Mistrust
200
B.F. Skinner
Who is main person that is responsible for the behaviorist theory?
200
This area of the brain allows for word comprehension.
What is Wernicke's area?
200
At this age, infants babble.
What is 6 months
200
Learning how to take turns can be aided with this supportive strategy?
What is playing social games like peekaboo
200
What is the first stage of Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development?
What is Sensorimotor.
300
Behaviorist Perspective, Nativist Perspective, and Interactionist Perspective
What is the three theories of language development?
300
This sentence "Mom went water cat got light tree." uses this area of the brain.
What is Wernickes area.
300
At this age, an infants vocabulary expands from about 50-200 spoken words.
What is 18-24 months
300
This early language strategy helps predict an early onset of language and faster vocabulary development.
What is Joint attention
300
What is another name for the cell body of a neuron?
What is the soma.
400
A type of learning where behavior depends on reinforcement.
What is operant conditioning?
400
This sentence "Drive store mom." uses this area of the brain.
What is Broca's area.
400
At this age, infants comprehend some words and use preverbal gestures (i.e. pointing and showing)
What is 8-12 months.
400
This early language strategy helps promote all aspects of conversational dialogue.
What is make believe play.
400
Can you name all the parts that make up Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Theory?
What are the Macrosystem, Exosystem, Mesosystem, Microsystem, Chronosystem, and the individual.
500
The theory that suggests that language is acquired through operant conditioning and imitation.
What is behaviorist perspective?
500
This side of the brain houses both Wernicke's and Broca's area.
What is the left hemisphere.
500
At this age, infants can say their first recognizable word and can comprehend some words. Infants participate in turn-taking games where they trade roles with the caregiver.
What is 12 months.
500
This early language strategy helps provide exposure to vocabulary, grammar, communication skills, and symbols.
What is reading
500
What are the critical research questions?
What are Who? Where? What depth? How generalizable? How ethical?
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