The acquisition of language seems to be such a natural process, progressing quite smoothly and effortlessly. What have researchers learned about language acquisition processes?
How are children like scientists in the way they learn the grammar of their language?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Start from the smallest unit of speech, the phoneme. Discuss child-directed speech, the development of hypotheses about word meanings, the principle of contrast, the operating principles of language-making capacity, and some of the different ways use of words develops at the two-word stage and beyond.
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An example of ____________________ is when individuals who have been infected with the HIV virus are counseled regarding how the disease is spread, so that they can ensure that the disease from does not infect others
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Informal rules that define expected and appropriate actions in specific situations are called
social a. heuristics. b. norms. c. expectancies. d. mores. e. laws.
Generalizing from research cited in the text, if Tom was 12 years old and was still having frequent temper tantrums, as an adult you would expect that he would be at higher than normal risk for:
a. getting divorced b. being elected to public office c. marrying a younger woman d. marrying an older woman
Provide two examples each of normative age-graded and normative history-graded influences on development.
What will be an ideal response?