According to the Discussion of Child-Directed Speech

question 20

Multiple Choice

According to the discussion of child-directed speech,

• A) adults who use child-directed speech tend to make language acquisition somewhat easier for children.
• B) adults who use child-directed speech actually make language acquisition more difficult for children.
• C) unfortunately, fathers are not skilled in using child-directed speech.
• D) unfortunately, older children are not skilled in using child-directed speech.

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Definitions:

Economic Profits

Profits earned by a firm or individual after considering both explicit financial costs and the implicit costs of alternatives forgone.

Fixed Cost

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or sales, such as rent, salaries, and insurance, remaining constant regardless of the amount of goods or services produced.

Demand Curve

A graph showing the relationship between the quantity of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase and the price of the good.

Marginal Cost

The hike in cost incurred by generating an additional unit of a good or service.