Explain how language changes for children between 12 months and 20 months
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By 12 months, expressive language has emerged and children can say single words. By 18 months, children use holophrases (word-gesture combinations with variations in intonation). By 20 months, children can use two-word sentences (telegraphic speech) and have an expressive vocabulary of up to 200 words.
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Noppe and Noppe argued that adolescent understandings of death may be influenced by ambiguities or tensions from
a. biological maturation and sexual development b. a characteristic inability to engage in hypothetical-deductive thinking c. lack of egocentrism in adolescence d. all of these e. none of these
A phobia is a type of mood disorder
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Reza is an active 1-year-old child. He has a regular routine for playing, eating, and sleeping, and he is mostly in a positive mood. He is observant and readily approaches and adapts to new situations. According to psychiatrists Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas's classification of basic types of temperament in children, Reza can be considered a(n)
A. child who has high negative affectivity. B. easy child. C. child who is slow to warm up. D. difficult child.