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by BlastRoom
The building blocks of language, the milestones, and the argument about how children get there.
#psychology
25 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other team.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
In the words pat and bat, changing the first sound changes the word's meaning. That first sound is an example of which language level?
The written word dogs contains dog plus -s. Together, dog and -s are examples of which units?
English normally says red car rather than car red. That rule about word order belongs to which level of language?
A student knows that bark can mean a dog's sound or the outside of a tree. Which language level is involved in choosing the intended meaning?
Rules that tell speakers how sounds, words, and sentences can be combined in a language are called what?
In unhappy, the prefix un- changes the meaning of happy. The prefix un- is which kind of language unit?
She reads and Reads she use the same words, but only one is standard English word order. Which language level explains the difference?
At about what age do infants usually begin cooing with vowel-like sounds?
At about what age do most infants begin the babbling stage?
By about what age does babbling usually narrow toward the sounds of the home language?
At about what age do many children enter the one-word stage?
At about what age does a vocabulary spurt often begin in early language development?
At about what age do children commonly begin two-word or telegraphic speech?
An infant repeats ba-ba-da-da without using the sounds to name anything. Which milestone is this?
A toddler points at a cup and says milk to mean she wants a drink. Which milestone does this best show?
A child says mommy go and more juice, leaving out smaller connecting words. Which language milestone is this?
A preschooler says I goed home and two mouses. Which language pattern is she showing?
A 3-year-old says I goed outside, a form no adult around him uses. Which account does this best support?
A caregiver follows a child's gaze, labels the toy, and expands the child's phrase during play. The child's vocabulary grows fastest in these exchanges. Which account fits best?
A child says please after adults praise and respond to that word many times. Which account of language acquisition does this example most directly fit?
Children given rich language input only after early childhood often struggle with grammar. Which account is most supported by this critical-period evidence?
A study finds toddlers learn new words best when adults take turns with them in conversation, not just when a recording repeats words. Which account fits best?
Phonemes are best described as which units of language?
Morphemes are best described as which units of language?
In language study, semantics refers to what?
Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.
Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.
Intelligence Testing: Reliability, Validity and Bias
25 questions
