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Infants
Kids 12 months and older
Biology
Research
Definitions
100
at birth, infants prefer this to that of strangers
What is their mother's voice
100
mama daddy bottle
What are words typical of child in the one-word stage of language development
100
For 85% of the population, this is dominant or lateralized for language
What is the left side of the brain?
100
research over a span of time, say a child is tested at one years of age and then again at 2 years
What is longitudinal study?
100
language that is not tied to the here and now
What is decontextualized language
200
Name of the gesture where a child extends his/her index finger towards and object?
What is pointing gesture?
200
Productivity is one chaacteristic of this.
What is true language?
200
Research studies on this species included teaching sign language (ASL) to aid their communication skills.
What are primates, apes, chimpanzees?
200
Researchers videotape and later watch a child eating dinner with his family.
What is observational research
200
rules for combining words into phrases and sentences
What is syntax
300
A way researchers or teachers/therapists can entice a child to make a request
What are communicative temptations?
300
One characteristic is consistent sound patterns
What is a protoword?
300
Area of the brain where, if damaged in an adult, language comprehension is good, but speech production is impaired
What is Broca's area?
300
Child who points to an object out of reach and says "look" as a way to establish joint attention
What is a declarative communicative function?
300
A learned code or system of rules that enables children to communicate wants and needs
What is language?
400
Their speech may have a lack of prososdy or intonation, and be monotone and lack variation of pitch.
How do mothers who are depressed speak to their infants?
400
What are games such as peek-a-boo evidence of in English?
What are structured situations of language?
400
Are of the brain that damage results in impaired comprehension of language, but speech may be fluent, but contain neologisms (nonsense words)
What is Wernicke's area?
400
Child demands an object, either by vocalizing or pointing towards the desired object
What is imperative communicative functions?
400
Knowledge that allows child to think about language
What is metalinguistic awareness
500
Unique to humans and cannot be taught to animals?
What is species specific?
500
One example of this is child makes eye contact with adult while vocalizing
What is intentional communication ?
500
Why human language can be said to have a biological base
What is humans have areas in brain specialized for language?
500
the "ed" word ending is an example of this
What is a morpheme?