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Language Development

Psychology ⇒ Developmental Psychology

Language Development starts at 9 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Language Development. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
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Describe how parental speech, such as 'motherese' or 'child-directed speech,' influences language development.
Describe one piece of evidence that supports the nativist theory of language development.
Describe one way in which culture can influence language development.
Describe the main idea of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in relation to language development.
Describe the role of imitation in language development according to the behaviorist perspective.
Explain how language development can be affected by hearing impairment in early childhood.
Explain how socioeconomic status can impact language development in children.
Explain the concept of 'universal grammar' as proposed by Chomsky.
Explain the difference between receptive and expressive language skills.
What is fast mapping in the context of language development?
What is the difference between a phoneme and a morpheme?
What is the main difference between the nativist and behaviorist theories of language development?
What is the main focus of the connectionist model of language development?
What is the term for the rules that govern the structure of sentences in a language?