Match the Following: -Mean Length of Utterance (MLU)

question 55

Multiple Choice

Match the following:
-Mean length of utterance (MLU)

• A)average number of morphemes in an utterance
• B)words the child can use
• C)assesses mental and motor abilities
• D)underlying meaning of a sentence
• E)discriminate known objects from novel objects
• F)one-word utterance that conveys a sentence of meaning
• G)words the child knows
• H)learning language results from an interaction between the environment and an inborn tendency
• I)repeat behaviors that affect the environment
• J)one example is babbling
• K)concept of the world
• L)modification of existing schemes
• M)"Car go!"
• N)communication through symbols formed by moving hands and arms
• O)items exist even when out of sight
• P)imitation of people or events that occurred in the past
• Q)automatic repetition of sounds or words
• R)characterized by impaired comprehension of speech
• S)schemes are applied to specific situations
• T)period during which the brain is capable of learning language due to its plasticity

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Definitions:

Efferent Neurons

Motor neurons that convey impulses away from the brain.

Nociception

The process wherein sensory nerve cells are stimulated in response to harmful stimuli resulting in the perception of pain.

Sensory Tracts

Pathways in the nervous system that relay sensory information from the body to the brain.

Dorsal Tracts

Nerve pathways in the spinal cord that transmit sensory information from the body to the brain.