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The "vocabulary explosion" typically occurs at about 1 year of age.

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Overregularization occurs because children:

A) tend to regress briefly before progressing to new forms of language.
B) have no understanding of past,present,and future verb tenses.
C) assume that the language is less regular than it actually is.
D) assume their language always follows the rules they already know.

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Between the ages of 2 and 6,a well-nourished child will gain about _____ pounds and grow about _____ inches per year.

The belief that inanimate things (furniture,moon,clouds)are alive is called "_____."

A few days ago,Karen's parents disciplined her because she refused to eat her green beans.Today,when her parents announced that they were going to get a divorce,Karen cried,"Is it because I was bad? I'll be good!" Karen's conclusion that her failure to eat her green beans is the reason her parents are getting divorced reflects the concept of:

According to Vygotsky,within the context of cognition,language is a tool:

Studies of maltreated children suggest that excessive stress-hormone levels in early childhood:

The set of skills Javier can perform with assistance but not independently is considered to be within his _____.

A child's appetite increases between the ages of 2 and 6.

_____ is a particular type of centration in which a child may insist that Mommy is his mother,not his cousin's aunt.

The band of nerve fibers connecting the two halves of the brain is known as the "_____."

Tom's mother is considering different wallpapers for decorating his room.She asks him,"Which one do you like better: the striped or the plaid?" Tom's vocabulary doesn't include the word "plaid," but he's able to figure out what the word must mean based on the context.Tom is using _____ to add a new word to his vocabulary.

To focus on one aspect of a situation and simultaneously exclude all other aspects is called:

A practical use of Vygotsky's theory involves _____,which refers to science,technology,engineering,and math.

Dexter,age 4,speaks differently to his baby sister than to his teacher.This indicates that he understands some of the practical uses of language.Dexter is developing an understanding of:

Studies suggest that preschool intervention,such as that provided by Head Start,advances the social and academic development of disadvantaged children.

Anna always chooses the taller of two glasses when her older brother pours each of them a glass of juice.Even though there is the same amount of juice in each glass,she believes that there is more juice in hers.Anna does not yet understand the concept of "_____."

During a long car trip,Samantha and Robert asked "Are we there yet?" so many times that their mother began covering her ears.Her children were exhibiting:

Dave has a ball of Silly Putty.His 6-year-old son,Mason,watches as Dave flattens the Silly Putty into a thin "pancake." When Dave asks Mason if there is now more Silly Putty,Mason replies "Yes" because he has:

When shown a novel object and told that it is called a "wug," preschoolers know that two of those objects would be two "wugs." This ability to correctly add an -<i>s</i> when pluralizing is evidence of their proper use of: