Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

K E Y T E R M S
language p. 265
grammar p. 265
phonology p. 265
phonemes p. 265
syntax p. 265
semantics p. 266
babble p. 266
telegraphic speech p. 267
overgeneralization p. 267
learning-theory approach 
 (to 
language 
development) p. 267
nativist approach (to 
 language 
development) 
p. 268
universal grammar p. 268
language-acquisition 
device p. 268
interactionist approach 
 (to 
language 
development) p. 269
linguistic-relativity 
hypothesis p. 269
274 Chapter 
8 
Cognition and Language
1. 1-a, 2-c, 3-b; 
2. false; language compr
ehension precedes language 
production;
3.
telegraphic speech; 
4.
overgeneralization; 
5.
learning;
6.
true
E VA LU AT E
1. Match the component of grammar with its defi nition:
1. Syntax
a. Rules showing how words can 
2. Phonology
be combined into sentences.
3. Semantics
b. Rules governing the meaning of 
words and sentences.
c. The study of the sound units 
that affect speech.
2. Language production and language comprehension 
develop in infants about the same time. True or false?
3. 
 
refers to the phenomenon in 
which young children omit nonessential portions of 
sentences.
4. A child knows that adding -ed to certain words puts them 
in the past tense. As a result, instead of saying “He came,” 
the child says “He comed.” This is an example of 
.