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What is intersubjectivity?

A) judgments made across time periods
B) when two interacting partners share a mutual understanding
C) infants' ability to determine meanings of words from context
D) use of the grammatical structure of an entire sentence to figure out meaning

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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In one study cited in the text, when preschool children were shown a picture of a catlike animal and an experimenter either simply labeled the animal "dog" (group A) or said, "You're not going to believe this, but this is actually a dog" (group B) , how likely were the children to extend the word to other catlike stimuli?

A) In that study, both groups of children readily extended the word.
B) In that study, both groups of children were similarly reluctant to extend the word.
C) In that study, Group A was more reluctant than was group B to extend the word.
D) In that study, Group B was more reluctant than was group A to extend the word.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Morphemes refer to the

A broad interpretation of the meaning of a word is referred to as

_____ is a way in which parents play a role in their children's grammatical development.

Which theorist proposed Universal Grammar?

Which factor is NOT involved in learning language?

Which of these skills typically develops LATEST?

Which statement about the vocalizations and babbling of deaf infants is TRUE?

The distinctive mode of speech used when speaking to infants and toddlers is referred to as

In a study by Hirsh-Pasek and Golinkoff, when infants were shown two videotaped scenes, one with a woman kissing keys while holding a ball and the other with a woman kissing a ball while holding keys and hearing "She's kissing the keys," infants

Jaimson is right-handed. This means that language is primarily represented in

The study by DeLoache and her colleagues that used a "shrinking room" demonstrated that young children's trouble with scale models is due to their

The finding that infants pay attention to the speaker's intentions when interpreting the meaning of the speaker's words supports the importance of _____ in language development.

The number of words children know is NOT related to

Infants likely learn _____ from the distributional properties of language.

Using signs to communicate is referred to as

Which word is generally the first word spoken by infants who speak Cantonese?

Which of these would NOT be considered a symbol?

Of these phrases, which is MOST likely to be spoken by a child in the telegraphic speech phase?