How does language develop during the middle childhood period?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Language development is characterized by improvements in vocabulary
- Syntax (the rules that indicate how words and phrases can be combined to form sentences)
- Pragmatics (the rules governing the use of language to communicate in a given social setting)
- Growth of metalinguistic awareness (an understanding of one's own use of language)
- Use of language as a self-control device
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a. behavioral genetics b. the Human Genome Project c. whole-genome sequencing d. genome-wide association studies
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