Early Research on Referential Communication Skills

question 9

Multiple Choice

early research on referential communication skills:

• A) provided the foundation for studying children's communicative competence.
• B) paralleled Piaget's view that children are egocentric.
• C) illustrated that children have difficulties modifying their speech in social settings.
• D) indicated that children are unable to take into account the needs of their listener.

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Definitions:

Research Hypothesis

A specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in your study, often based on a theory or prior research.

Modality

The method or mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed.

Interval Scale

A numerical scale where the order of values and the exact differences between them are known, but there is no true zero point.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, where the data is split into bins or intervals, and the frequency of data within each bin is depicted by the height of a bar.