INFANCY: LANGUAGE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Which of the following is the correct sequence for language development?
    a. crying, babbling, cooing, holophrases
    b. crying, cooing, babbling, holophrases
    c. gurgling, babbling, cooing, holophrases
    d. making bubbles with saliva, crying, cooing, babbling

2. The two sentences "Carl flew the kite" and "The kite was flown by Carl" have the same ____________ but different ___________.
    a. deep structure; surface structure
    b. semantics; phonology
    c. surface structure; deep structure
    d. phonology; syntax
 

3. Grouping perceptions into classes or categories based on certain similarities is called
    a. language reception
    b. semantics
    c. conceptualization
    d. transformational grammar

4. VERY briefly (as in a few sentences) explain how cognitive development and language development are related.
 
 
 
 
 

5. As a child care provider, you want to promote the language development of children in your facility. Give two specific activities you could do with children.
 
 
 
 

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