AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the proper sequence for language development?
A
Cooing, babbling, crying, one word phrases, two word phrases
B
Crying, cooing, babbling, one word phrases, two word phrases
C
Crying, babbling, cooing, one word phrases, two word phrases
D
Crying, cooing, one word phrases, babbling, two word phrases
E
Cooing, crying, babbling, one word phrases, two word phrases
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This means that there are stages in the learning of language that are universal. The sequence is crying, cooing (vowel sounds like “ooo") at the age of 4-5 month, babbling (syllables like “da", “ki", “ta") at the age of 6-10 months, the first word at the age of 10-12 months.

Detailed explanation-2: -These stages are typically understood to consist of pre-linguistic and linguistic categories. The pre-linguistic stage is the first of the stages of speech development. This stage is followed by the babbling stage, the first words stage, the two-word stage, and the telegraphic stage.

Detailed explanation-3: -Students learning a second language move through five predictable stages: Preproduction, Early Production, Speech Emergence, Intermediate Fluency, and Advanced Fluency (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).

Detailed explanation-4: -There are four main stages of normal language acquisition: The babbling stage, the Holophrastic or one-word stage, the two-word stage and the Telegraphic stage.

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