According to Most Psycholinguists, What Is the Effect of the Use

question 78

Multiple Choice

According to most psycholinguists, what is the effect of the use of child-directed speech?

• A)It provides the child with an optimal model that may facilitate language acquisition.
• B)It interferes with language acquisition and does not provide the child with correct models of language.
• C)It is essential for normal language acquisition.
• D)It is an important way of communicating with children that may facilitate acquisition.

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Definitions:

Altruism

A selfless act of concern for the well-being of others, often at a personal cost.

Polygyny

Polygyny is a form of polygamy where a man has more than one wife at the same time, practiced in several cultures around the world for various reasons, including social, economic, and religious.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reward or punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A training technique in which pairing two signals repeatedly results in a response, which initially is produced by the second signal, being eventually induced by only the first signal.