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WGU D094 OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT FINAL
EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS )
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A child follows his mother around the house, repeating the word "Up!" over and over again. What stage of language development is this representing?
Babbling Holophrastic Two-word Telegraphic - ANSWER- Holophrastic
Children between the ages of 8-10 years can be expected to:
Tell a story Make jokes or tease others Express their opinions Use figurative language - ANSWER- Express their opinions 1 / 4
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Susan and Mamie are at the dinner table with their mother.Mamie asks her mother, "Can I have dessert now?" and her mother replies "Yes." Susan immediately says, "Can I have dessert now?" Which of Skinner's key processes is Susan using in this situation?
Prompting Imitation Shaping Scaffolding - ANSWER- Imitation
By 11-18 years of age, children and teens can be expected to:
Tell a story Make jokes or tease others Express their opinions Use figurative language - ANSWER- Use figurative language
Chomsky theorizes that all languages follow certain basic rules.What does he call his theory?
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Language acquisition device Universal grammar The stages of language development The rules of language development - ANSWER- Universal grammar
Which theorist believed that language is biological and that we have a Language Acquisition Device that enables us to learn language?
Chomsky Skinner Vygotsky Piaget - ANSWER- Chomsky
A toddler says, "Me so big!" The toddler's father gives her a huge smile. According to operant conditioning which principle is the father using with his child?
Working in the child's zone of proximal development Using universal grammar with the child Providing the child with positive reinforcement 3 / 4
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Allowing the child to use imitation - ANSWER- Providing the child with positive reinforcement
A child points at a dog. A mother says to the child, "Do you see the big dog?" Which of Skinner's key processes for learning language is the mother using?
Imitating Prompting Shaping Positive reinforcement - ANSWER- Prompting
Little Lisa loves to snuggle with her blanket. She loves to say, "Ba, Ba," while holding it. At which stage of language development is Lisa working?
Babbling stage Two-word stage Holophrastic stage Telegraphic stage - ANSWER- Prompting
The idea that language develops through our interactions with others comes from which theorist?
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