Five-Year-Old Matthew Asks Many Questions About the Recent Death of His

question 66

Multiple Choice

Five-year-old Matthew asks many questions about the recent death of his grandmother. Kastenbaum would say that he is

• A) too cognitively immature to understand separation and loss.
• B) concerned about loss and separation and striving to understand death.
• C) emotionally unable to deal with the finality of death.
• D) trying to learn how he can remedy the circumstances.

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Definitions:

Syntax

Syntax refers to the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including the order of words.

Semantics

The branch of linguistics that studies the meanings of words, their historical and psychological development, their connotations, and their relation to one another.

Phonemes

The basic units of sound in a language that distinguish one word from another; for example, the difference between the consonant sounds in "pat" and "bat."

Receptive Language

The ability to understand or comprehend language heard or read, an essential aspect of language development.