According to the book, does language learning come more form hearing parents talk or more from the parents hearing and responding to the baby?
It comes more form the parents responding to the baby
100
Who studied infant language response rate at Cornell University?
Dr. Michael Goldstein
100
What percent of parents think their kids get enough sleep?
90%
200
Studies show that on average, in which household do parents speak the most amount of words to their children per hour
a. Working-class families
b. Professional-class families
c. Welfare families
b. Professional-class families
200
In Goldstein’s infant language experiment, babies vocalized on average 25 times. When a mother was coached to interact and respond to the baby, soon the number jumped to how man times on average?
55 times
200
Which part of brain does lack of sleep hit harder? Positive or Negative?
Positive
300
What is a “verbal pedometer”?
A gadget that counts the number of words the baby hears during an hour or day
300
In their second year, children learn their first _____ words
300
300
Where are positive memories processed?
Hippocampus
400
Name a reason discussed in the book why children can’t learn language from DVD’s.
Video programming can’t interact with the baby to respond to the sounds the baby makes
400
Word frames and variation sets add to the idea that grammar teaches _________
Vocabulary
400
How much longer does it take for adolescents to release melatonin?
90 minutes
500
Name a reason discussed in the book why children seem to recognize language better on grown-up TV shows rather than baby DVD’s.
Baby DVDs are usually unrelated to the abstract imagery of the video track.
500
___________ are techniques that beneficial at teaching both syntax and words and are the expertise of Dr. Heidi Waterfall
Variation Sets
500
In the studies in Japan, Canada, and Australia, what percentage increase did the children who lacked sleep have of being obese?