You Are Creating a Language Development Timeline for a Class

question 119

Multiple Choice

You are creating a language development timeline for a class presentation.Along the top of a display board,you write the following ages in sequence: 3 months ? 6 months ? 1 year ? 2 years.How should you label these ages,from youngest to oldest?

• A) prevocal learning ? babbling ? first words ? telegraphic speech
• B) babbling ? prevocal learning ? first words ? telegraphic speech
• C) babbling ? first words ? telegraphic speech ? pragmatic speech
• D) prevocal learning ? first words ? telegraphic speech ? syntactic competence

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Definitions:

Primary Reinforcers

Innate, biologically significant stimuli, like food and water, that satisfy physiological needs and thus reinforce behavior without prior learning.

Generalization

The act or process of applying an idea, rule, or pattern to broader situations, often used in learning and reasoning.

Variable-Interval

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after an unpredictable amount of time has passed, resulting in a steady but slow rate of response in behaviorist psychology.

Fixed-Ratio

A schedule of reinforcement where a response is rewarded after a set number of responses.