A. Most children between the age of three and four stutter
B. A child can begin to control volume by age 2 months
C. A child can begin to control pitch by age 3 months
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is true with regards to depth perception?
A. Depth perception is due to the cornea of the eye
B. Women test better at it than men
C. Men test better at it than women
D. Depth perception is associated with the opponent-process theory - Phonemes are the smallest units of______in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.
A. sound; syntax
B. meaning; syntax
C. syntax; meaning
D. sound; meaning - Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?
A. innate capability index
B. innate surface structure ability
C. prosody index
D. language acquisition device - A hypothesis concerning the role of language is shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought is called:
A. legal- rational authority
B. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
C. Routine activities theory
D. None of these - Which of the following can be said to be true of language?
A. The psychology of language is concerned with the organization and processing of written language only
B. Language lies at the interface of pure psychology, linguistics and mathematics
C. Language is a simple process with very few mysteries
D. None of the above - Jimmy is at the stage of language development where he uses one word to convey a complete thought or idea. This is called:
A. holophrastic speech
B. jargon speech
C. telegraphic speech
D. phonemes - Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?
A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities - The rationalist approach of Chomsky in explaining language development is also referred to as _______________?
A. nativist
B. empiricist
C. cognitive
D. culture-bound - Telegraphic speech is most closely associated with the __________________ stage of language development?
A. one-word
B. babbling
C. two-word
D. phonetic - According to Tuckman’s five stage model of group development, which stage refers to the period of development when people struggle with each other over leadership and group definition?
A. Performing
B. Storming
C. Forming
D. Adjourning
