Social and Communicative Bases for Language Development

Construction of a child's Brain Architecture is dependent on the child's...

• genetic blueprint.

• physical environment.

• predispositions.

• parents and how they talk to her.

• genetic blueprint and experiences.

Which one of these is not typically considered a Parent-Child Interaction style?

• Watcher

• Tester

• Director

• Promoter

• Entertainer

What does toxic stress do to the brain?

• Leads to faster and erratic brain connections

• Sets brain's stress response system on temporary high alert

• May cause excessive and long-lasting activation of brain's stress response systems

• With a

  supportive caregiver,

  the brain's stress response will easily return to its

  normal state.

• Causes more firing of brain synapses and connections.

A tuned-in adult interaction style is useful for...

• All children

• children who are at the pre-intentional communication stage only.

• children who are intentional communicators only.

• children who are non-verbal only.

• children with expressive language delays only.

When parents use Infant-Directed Speech (IDS), it can help with early language development. Why?

• Parents will sound more directive with their babies when using IDS.

• Parents will be more able to control child's eye gaze when IDS is used.

• It helps babies to pay more attention to their parents' speech despite background noise.

• Babies can understand what the parent is saying.

• Using IDS is less tiring and stressful for parents, compared to adult-directed speech.

Which one of these statements is true?

• One's brain architecture develops the most when one enters adulthood.

• One's brain architecture begins to construct more rapidly after 5 years old.

• A child's brain architecture begins developing after the first year of life.

• A child's brain architecture begins developing at birth.

• A child's brain architecture begins developing before birth.

Which one of the following is not a strategy for being a tuned in parent?

• Imitating child

• Interpreting child's message and intention

• Observing silently from a far distance

• Following the child's lead

• Making comments on what child is doing

Serve and return interactions are back-and-forth connections between adult and child that can occur...

• even before the child knows how to talk.

• as soon as the child begins to use their words.

• before the baby is born.

• as soon as the baby responds to your 'serves' more consistently.

• from birth until the child is about 3 years old.

'Child routines' are defined as...

• regular activities with 2 or more household members.

• regular, repetitive behaviours involving child and adult.

• activities that are commonly encountered and familiar to the child.

• activities that are done almost daily but at no fixed timings.

• behavioural scripts that are often used by children when they interact with their caregivers.

According to research, high SES families interact differently with their children from low SES families. Which of the following behaviours have not been found to characterise parent's communication patterns from higher SES backgrounds?

• Use fewer directives and prohibitions

• Use more grammatically correct sentences

• Include language goals during play more often

• Use more affirmations and encouragements

• Use more concrete words and talk more about the 'here-and-now'