Repeating but also correcting and elaborating on the child's utterance is called
A) recast.
B) mimicking.
C) modeling.
D) expansion.
D) expansion.
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The introduction to the chapter on language comprehension includes a section about the English-centered focus of psycholinguistics. Which of the following students provides the best summary of this section?
a. Diarmiud: "Because English is the standard language used in international relations, researchers need to focus on this language." b. Fiona: "Researchers are most likely to study the English language. However, without knowing how people function in other languages, we cannot claim that any language characteristic is universal." c. Judy: "The initial research in psycholinguistics was primarily focused on English; in the 21st century, however, researchers are systematically investigating a wide variety of other languages." d. Steve: "It was fortunate that psycholinguistics researchers initially focused on English, because this language turns out to be a prototypical language in terms of both syntax and semantics."
Many African American, Latino, and Asian American families have been classified as "authoritarian", but this is inaccurate because ____
a. each of these subcultural groups has its own distinctive form of warmth for their children b. parenting style has no cultural boundaries so an accurate picture cannot be taken c. the parents of these subcultural groups are more likely to be indulgent, having both low responsiveness and low demandingness d. there are too few of these subcultural groups to develop an accurate picture of the parenting styles that these parents possess