AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The two-word stage typically occurs between ages 18 to 24 months old. Children start using two words instead of one, combining words they learned during the holophrastic stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is D. (Telegraphic speech). Telegraphic speech refers to the stage of language development in which the child produces sentences that consist of nouns and verbs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Telegraphic stage occurs around the age of 2 1/2 years. In this stage, children begin stringing more than two words together, perhaps three or four or five at a time. However, the style of speaking children use in this stage resembles the way of writing that used to be used in telegrams.

Detailed explanation-4: -Telegraphic speech is seen developmentally when a child moves beyond the two-word, relational stage of language development and begins to express longer, three-word sentences using a finite set of grammatical categories, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

Detailed explanation-5: -Early birds will start using telegraphic speech between 16 and 18 months. However, it’s more common for children between 18 and 24 months to start putting two-word phrases together. Between the ages of 2 to 2 1/2-years-old, children will progress to three-word telegraphic speech.