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61) Which of the following provides the strongest support for both the nature and nurture sides of language acquisition? a. All babies have the innate capacity for language in the brain, but are dependent on the environment to be able to express and produce any speech sounds or words. b. Without attention and reinforcement from their parents, babies would fail to develop language past the point of non-specific babbling sounds. c. All babies initially share the same basic phoneme categories, regardless of their parents’ native language, but only use phonemes specific to the language they have heard by about 10 months of age. d. Babies cannot process speech sounds and noise until approximately 5 months of age as their temporal lobes and auditory cortices are still forming and developing neural connections. 62) Jack is a 10-month old, and smiles every time his mother says words such as Mommy, puppy, bottle, blankie, and teddy. He also has learned to point at the object that is associated with the words she speaks, however he has not yet been able to say the words himself. What does this example tell us about language acquisition? a. Production precedes comprehension b. Comprehension precedes production c. Recognition precedes comprehension d. Production precedes recognition 63) Babies engage in intentional vocalizations that sound meaningful, but are not. This is referred to as a. babbling. b. holographic speech. c. telegraphic speech. d. two-word utterances. 64) Which of the following stages in language development occurs at 2 months? a. Cooing b. Syllables c. Reduplicative babbling d. Conversational babbling 65) Which of the following stages in language development occurs at 6 months? a. Cooing b. Syllables c. Reduplicative babbling d. Conversational babbling 66) Which of the following stages in language development occurs at 10 months? a. Cooing b. Syllables c. Reduplicative babbling d. Conversational babbling 67) By the end of the first year of life, an infant will generally a. speak in two-word “sentences.” b. be in the cooing stage of vocalization. c. have a vocabulary of approximately 100 words. d. use only the phonemes of the native language of his or her caregiver. 68) _______________ are grammatical elements that modify words by adding sounds to them that change their meaning (such as adding s for plural). a. Syntax b. Dialectical qualifiers c. Phonesthemes d. Morphological markers 69) Which of the following represents the most accurate statement about how children learn language? a. Most children recognize their own names as early as two months. b. Reduplicative babbling precedes the syllables stage of vocalization. c. Children can produce many more words than they can understand. d. Comprehension of words precedes production. 70) Maria uses the single word cookie to convey the entire thought of “I want a cookie.” Maria is using the word cookie during the ____________ stage. a. babbling b. monolingual c. homonym d. one-word