Question 1 .

Of the five levels of rules that must be learned by children with emerging language, USE (i.e., the reason for the communication) is related to…

1. phonology
2. morphology
3. pragmatics
4. semantics
5. Syntax

Question 2 .

A language of primitive societies, like Hawaiian, which has FEWER phonemes than English…

1. is easier for children to learn.
2. is restricted in the number of concepts it can be used to express.
3. is considered a pre language suited for the needs of primitive natives
4. can only generate short sentences.
5. None of the above.

Question 3 .

Dr. Hall from CD 361 Lectures, recommends that normal babies (i.e., without any cognitive disabilities)…

1. should be stimulated in more than one language when possible.
2. should be stimulated in only one language to avoid confusion.
3. should be allowed to watch television as much as possible to develop language .
4. should be put in a day care as young as possible to learn language.
5. none of the above.

Question 4 .

The “ed” in the word “jumped”…

1. is a bound morpheme.
2. is a free morpheme.
3. is a megaphone.
4. is a holophrastic sentence.
5. is all of the above.

Question 5 .

Which of the following words has the least number of morphemes …

1. cats.
2. John’s.
3. jumped.
4. Mississippi.
5. argumentative.

Question 6 .

In  Browns MLU Developmental Chart, plurals and the “ing” endings appear in …

1. Stage 1.
2. Stage 2.
3. Stage 3.
4. Stage 4.
5. Stage 5.

Question 7 .

SYNTAX IS FOUND in all languages EXCEPT …

1. Hawaiian.
2. remote areas of Indonesia.
3. the aborigines of Australia
4. the Eskimos of Canada
5. none of the above because every language on Earth contains syntax.

Question 8 .

Transformations are rules …

1. which describe language structure .
2. for expressing tense, number, possession and the function of words.
3. for changing language structure.
4. for combining the sounds of language .
5. for the effective use of language.

Question 9 .

In an Analytic language, the actor and the acted upon are expressed through …

1. word order.
2. word endings.
3. supra segmental phonemes .
4. pointing.
5. all of the above.

Question 10 .

In English deep structure, the main constituents of thought are, …

1. Determiners and nouns.
2. Auxiliaries and verbs.
3. the noun phrase .
4. the verb phrase.
5. “c” and “d” above.

Question 11 .

For the one year old child for whom meaning is very concrete, the word “dog” …

1. may refer to a particular dog and no other.
2. may refer to all dogs.
3. may refer to all dogs, cats and horses.
4. may refer to all dogs, cats, horses and rabbits and professors.
5. none of the above.

Question 12 .

The baby learns the word “mama” because every time baby says it, mama appears.  This is learning on the basis of…

1. Classical conditioning.
2. pure coincidence.
3. Operant conditioning.
4. an Inherited knowledge of the word meaning.
5. none of the above.

Question 13 .

Who held the point of view that concepts had to precede language development…

1. Piaget.
2. Skinner.
3. Vygotsky.
4. Lenneberg.
5. Disney

Question 14 .

In Pragmatics “Locution” refers to…

1. The Semantic (literal) meaning of a sentence.
2. The intention of the speaker of the sentence.
3. How the sentence was interpreted by the listener.
4. how correctly the sentence was articulated.
5. how complex the sentence was.

Question 15 .

According to Dr. Tannen discussing the pragmatics of the sexes …

1. Girls talk to share information.
2. Boys talk to secure group dominance or status.
3. Boys talk to solve problems.
4. all of the above.
5. none of the above (i.e., there is no difference).

Question 16 .

According to Piaget’s theory, during which periods of development are the child’s behaviors  reflexive and motor (from Born to Talk)?

1. Birth to 2 years.
2. 2 to 7 years.
3. 7 to 11 years .
4. 11-15 years
5. 15-21 years.

Question 17 .

In which age range does a child use mental state terms, such as “want” and “see”?  (from Born to Talk)

1. Infancy.
2. 18 months to 2 years.
3. 3-5 years.
4. 5-8 years.
5. Post 10 years.

Question 18 .

Which of the following is NOT an example of Howard Gardner’s seven types of intelligence? (from Born to Talk)

1. Musical.
2. Love.
3. Naturalist.
4. Logical
5. Linguistic.

Question 19 .

According to Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, a schema refers to (from Born to Talk)…

1. the process of synchronistic thought
2. A cognitive structure that helps children process, identify, organize, and store information. 
3. A cognitive process to maintain a balance between assimilation and accommodation.
4. The stage concept of cognitive development.
5. The ages and stages young children go through for language development.

Question 20 .

A three-year-old who is able to take another person’s perspective is most likely to be in what Cognitive stage of Piaget’s theory (from Born to Talk)…

1. Pre-operational .
2. Formal operational.
3. Concrete operational.
4. Imitation/ mimicking.
5. Object permanence.