Which One of the Following Statements Is Consistent with a Functionalist

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is consistent with a functionalist view of language development?

• A) "Children initially use language primarily in their interactions with other people, but increasingly they also use it to help them think more effectively."
• B) "From a very early age, children are motivated to learn how to speak, because speech enables them to interact with other people and, ultimately, to get what they want."
• C) "Although children can learn the specific vocabulary and syntax of their native language only by hearing the people around them speak it, they seem to have some built-in knowledge of the form that any language should take."
• D) "To foster children's language development, parents and other adults praise them first for making speechlike sounds ('Da-da'), later for saying recognizable words ('More!'), and still later for forming understandable sentences ('Can I have candy?')."

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment to see its effects on the dependent variable.

Factorial ANOVA

A statistical method for comparing the means of multiple groups across two or more independent variables.

Univariate

Describes analyses conducted with a single variable to describe its distribution, central tendency, and variability.

ANOVA Table

A structured presentation of variance analysis that includes source, degrees of freedom, sum of squares, mean square, and F value.