Language acquisition and intelligence

What is language?

• form of communication using cell phones

• form of communication using technology

• form of communication using a system of symbols

• form of communication using books

a baby has just spoken its first words. How old do you expect this baby to be?

• 9 months

• 24 months

• 18 months

• 13 months

Which occurs first.

• cooing then crying

• speaking first words then understanding words

• using gestures then first words

• 2 word utterances then first words

you are listening to a teacher. _______ area of the brain is active. The teacher asks you a question and you give a verbal response. when giving the verbal response ________ area is active.

• Broca's/Wernicke's

• Wernicke's/Broca's

• Broca's/Chomsky's

• Wernicke's/Chomsky's

The following example is what: when African Americans take an intelligence or achievement test, they may experience anxiety about confirming the old stereotype that Blacks are “intellectually inferior.”

• Stereotype

• Stereotype threat

• threat

• none of the above

based on multiple intelligence theory, is the following statement true or false and why? "someone who scores very low on a math test is not intelligent."

• True, because low scores mean lack of intelligence

• True, because math indicates someone is intelligent

• False, because there are many intelligences and the student may have a high intelligence in another area.

• False, because math does not ever indicate intelligence

Which of the following is not part of Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory

• Mathematical intelligence

• Analytical intelligence

• Creative intelligence

• Practical intelligence