Chapter 13 Discussed Research About Whether 12-18-Month-Old Children Can Learn

question 65

Multiple Choice

Chapter 13 discussed research about whether 12-18-month-old children can learn language by watching a DVD. The DVD shows a household object, while a voiceover says the object's name. According to the results, children learned significantly more words

• A) if the children watched the video by themselves, compared with a control group that had no video.
• B) if the parent taught the child the words, compared with the child learning the words from the video.
• C) if the parent watched the video and interacted with the child, compared with the child just watching the video.
• D) if the child was in the control group, without any video or teaching; their vocabulary actually increased as much as when children's parents taught them the words.

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