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Frank is learning the names of two or three new objects or events every day.This rapid increase in vocabulary is referred to as the _____ explosion.

A) naming
B) vocabulary
C) object
D) cognitive

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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An average calculated from many individuals within a specific group is called a norm.

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Twelve-month-old Iona has slept in her parents' bed since she was born.This custom is called:

Neurons in the brain meet at "intersections" called:

On average,which skill does an infant develop last?

Infants in the sensorimotor stage:

_____ believed that children learn language by receiving adequate parental attention.

Elizabeth is a 21-month-old who has just begun to make two-word sentences.Her sentences already reveal the grammar of her native language,as she orders her nouns and verbs in the order that mature speakers of her language use.Chomsky would attribute Elizabeth's quick attainment of grammatical rules to her:

Amanda is a speech and language therapist.When conducting an assessment on a child with speech or language concerns,she first records the average number of words in the child's typical sentence.She also uses this technique to monitor a child's language progress over time.Amanda is relying on:

Cassandra and her mother have been playing patty-cake,but her mother is now trying to engage Cassandra in a picture book.Cassandra wants to play patty-cake again,so she grabs her mother's hands and puts them together as if in a clap.Cassandra is clearly in stage ____ of sensorimotor development.

The behavior of an infant in sensorimotor stage four might BEST be described as:

Dev has been sucking his thumb for a few weeks.His parents would prefer him to use a pacifier,so they begin to offer one,but Dev rejects it and continues to suck his thumb.Dev is at stage _____ of Piaget's theory of sensorimotor development.

A child's first word combinations-for example,"More cookie" or "My toy"-are called "holophrases."

_____ milk contains micronutrients not found in formula.

The nervous system is made up of nerve cells called "_____."

The term holophrase is used to denote:

By _____ months of age,around 50 percent of babies can usually sit up unsupported.

The statement "Multiple attentional,social,and linguistic cues contribute to early language learning" supports the _____ system of language learning.

Between _____ months of age,most infants can lift their midsections and crawl on "all fours."

Babies in the stage of tertiary circular reactions explore the world,actively experimenting on their environment.