Research on the Use of Various Meanings That Children Convey

question 71

Multiple Choice

Research on the use of various meanings that children convey with earliest sentences (such as agent-action, action-location, and recurrence) has shown that

• A) all children express all the meanings in their earliest sentences.
• B) there is a fixed order in which the meanings are acquired.
• C) all children appear to express at least a few meanings in their earliest speech.
• D) most of the meanings are too difficult for children under five years of age.
• E) the meanings first appear in holophrastic speech.

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Definitions:

Authoritative

Relating to or exhibiting control, leadership, or certainty in a manner that commands respect.

Vicarious Conditioning

Learning through observing others being rewarded or punished for their behaviors.

Modeling

A learning method that involves observing, identifying with, and imitating the behavior of others.

Developmental Psychologist

A psychologist specializing in understanding how people grow and change throughout their lives, from infancy through old age.