Trace the development of language from the newborn to childhood and describe the characteristics most important in an infant's language development
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* Infants making one-syllable utterances (babbling).
* Children convey their first meaningful word at about 12 months.
* Telegraphic speech consists of the child leaving words out of their sentences, yet the intent of the speech is usually clear.
* Children utter their first sentence at about 18 months.
* Vocabulary development continues at a rapid pace through high school.
* Children seem to know how to string words together in the correct sequence for their language to convey the intended meaning.
*Children tend to overgeneralize grammatical rules. (See Table 8-3, p. 320.)
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Where can sodium ions enter a myelinated axon?
A. at the soma B. through the myelin sheath C. at the point at which the axon divides and branches D. at the nodes of Ranvier
If you were asked to assess your psychology instructor's personality, what methods would you use?
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Which of the following appears to be based on the ability of brain structures to choose and divert incoming sensory messages?
a. sensory deceleration b. sensory adaptation c. selective attention d. selective accommodation.