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Many theorists believe that people have an innate predisposition to learn language. Three of the following provide sources of evidence that these theorists use to support their belief. Which one is not used to support an inherited predisposition to learn language?

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Children develop increasingly larger and more sophisticated vocabularies as they grow older.

Most languages have certain characteristics in common, such as similar ways of forming negatives.

Children sometimes learn a language more easily when they are exposed to it at a young age.

People in the same community learn the same language despite very different experiences with that language.

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Maureen vehemently denies that trees are plants. Her understanding of what a plant is reflects which of the following errors?

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a pragmatic error

undergeneralization

overgeneralization

overregularization

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Knowing which word combinations are grammatically correct reflects knowledge of:

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Semantics

Context

Generalization

Syntax

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Which one of the following sentences reflects overregularization in a child's speech? The words in question are underlined.

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I ain't going to school today.

Are you gonna go on the field trip?

He don't know anything.

The sheeps are in the meadow.

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LaWanda understands that a single sentence can sometimes be interpreted in two or more ways. For example, she realizes that the sentence "I know more beautiful women than Miss America" has two possible interpretations: "I know women who are more beautiful than Miss America is" or "I know more beautiful women than Miss America knows." LaWanda's appreciation for the double meanings of some sentences reflects:

1. Overgeneralization
2. Metalinguistic awareness
3. Pragmatics
4. Expressive language

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Expressive language

Overgeneralization

Pragmatics

Metalinguistic awareness

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Based on the textbook's discussion of bilingualism and bilingual children, three of the following statements are true. Which one of the statements is not necessarily true?

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Bilingualism is sometimes the result of living in a household in which two languages are spoken regularly.

Learning a second language promotes greater metalinguistic awareness.

Children who learn a second language in addition to their native tongue tend to have a more positive attitude toward people who speak that second language.

Children who learn two languages before the age of four are likely to master less of each language than they would if they learned only one.

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Three of the following statements accurately describe the diversity we are likely to see in students' cognitive development. Which statement is inaccurate?

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Rehearsal is more commonly observed in children who live in developing countries than in children who live in highly urbanized and industrialized ones.

When eighth graders are asked to separate and control variables in a problem about fishing, those who have often fished with family or friends will be more successful than students who have never fished.

Students with physical and sensory challenges may have less general knowledge of the world, limiting their ability to relate new experiences to things they already know.

Some children in a first-grade classroom may show concrete operational thought, whereas others may show signs of preoperational thought.

Answer 1

• ANSWER-Children acquire increasingly larger and more sophisticated vocabularies as they grow older
• ANSWER-Maureen's understanding of what a plant reflects undergeneralization.
• ANSWER-Knowing which word combinations are grammatically correct reflects knowledge of Syntax.Syntax means arrangement of words to create meaningful sentences which reflect correct meaning.
• ANSWER-The sheeps are in the meadow reflects overregularization in a child’s speech.Overregularization is basically grammatical errors in children,when their language rules are still developing and are being applying too generally.
• ANSWER-LaWanda's appreciation for the double meanings of some sentences reflects Metalinguistic awareness.This is important to to learn to read words,spell and understand them.This helps to control and monitor one's use of language.It helps to think about structure and language objectively.
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