Human Growth and Development

24.​ Which of the following statements is true?

A.​ Infants are born capable of producing all morphemes from every language and retain this skill throughout adulthood.

B.​ Infants can produce all phonemes from all languages at birth but gradually lose this ability.

C.​ Infants are born able to produce all morphemes from every language but lose this capacity over time. D.​ Infants can produce all phonemes from all languages at birth and maintain this capability into adulthood. E.​ Infants can discriminate between phonemes and morphemes from all languages but lose this ability with age. 25.​ Which of the following best describes pragmatics? C.​ Word meanings D.​ Speech sounds E.​ Grammar 26.​The baby is 13 months old, he can understand a few words and utter additional words. This stage is called? A.​ Sentence structure B.​ Intent of communication

A.​ Holophrastic or First-Word Stage B.​ Telegraphic Stage C.​ Two-Word Stage D.​ Pretalking Stage E.​ Later multi-word Stage 27.​ Which of these asserts that language affects behavior?

A.​ Natural selection B.​ Freud’s psychoanalytic theory C.​ Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

D.​ Gilligan’s theory of moral development E.​ Mary Ainsworth's attachment theory 28.​ Which of the following has been shown in twin studies? A.​ Genetic and environmental influences cannot be entirely separated in studies. B.​ Identical twins always have identical IQ scores, regardless of environmental differences. C.​ Adopted children tend to have IQ scores resembling those of their adoptive parents. D.​ Fraternal twins have IQ scores that are more similar than those of identical twins. E.​ Identical twins show greater variations in IQ scores compared to fraternal twins.

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