When Using Syntactic Bootstrapping, a Child

question 67

Multiple Choice

When using syntactic bootstrapping, a child

• A) uses a word's placement in a sentence to help determine its meaning.
• B) generates a one-word utterance that has the meaning of a full sentence.
• C) uses a grammar rule in an inappropriate manner (e.g., uses the "-ed" which means past tense on a word like "run" to create the word "runned").
• D) is able to immediately connect a word in one language to its counterpart in a second language.

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Definitions:

Freshman

Typically refers to a student in their first year of study in high school or college.

Variability

The amount of differences in a distribution of data for a variable.

Alternative Hypothesis

A hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting that there is a statistically significant relationship between variables.

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test that determines whether there are statistically significant differences between the means of three or more unrelated groups.