PSYC 2076 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Speech Disorder, Universal Grammar, Bilingual Education
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Infants can differentiate words from a series of syllables in a row by using the frequency with which some syllables end up beside other syllables and the frequency which others do not . Interaction with parents can predict rate of developmental language responding to children and holding conversations helps it go more quickly: vocabulary burst a period of time in which the learning of new words happens rapidly. 1 yr they have just a few words; 2 yrs they have 200-500 words: telegraphic speech: sounds like a telegram because inconsequential words are left out ex: Want bear vs. i want the bear, please. : mutual exclusivity children assume there is only one name for an object, preschoolers, at age 3 multi word sentences; begin to use morphemes (-ed, -s, etc. ); amount of words used depends on socioeconomic background (ex: words said a day poor ~ 600, working-class ~
