10 questions
What is the age range where a person has the greatest neuro-plasticity?
1 to 6 years old
Continues throughout our lifetime
0 to 3 years old
0 to 6 years old
0 to 7 years old
True or False: Only the development of one's cognitive and social capacities are interweaved throughout one's lifetime.
True
False
Construction of a child's Brain Architecture is dependent on the child's...
genetic blueprint.
upbringing 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 the "problem space" refer to in the context of child language development?
How near a caregiver's face should be in relation to a baby's face
How a baby recognises who her main caregiver is
How a child maps sounds to meanings, and map meanings to words.
How an infant displays difficult behaviours
How a caregiver tries to comprehend what an infant is trying to communicate
When does stress becomes toxic for a child?
when the environment is insecure for the child.
when child feels uncomfortable with her parents.
when caregivers are experiencing high stress themselves.
when it is chronic and unrelenting.
when the adult tries to buffer the stress too quickly.
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 child language development. Why?
(Choose two.)
Parents will sound more directive with their babies when using IDS.
Parents will be more skilled in directing child's eye gazes when IDS is used.
It helps babies to pay more attention to their parents' speech despite background noise.
Babies enjoy listening to it.
Using IDS is less tiring and stressful for parents, compared to adult-directed speech.
Which one of the following is a strong predictor of child language proficiency?
Quality and quantity of parent language input.
Quality of parent language input only.
Quantity of parent input only.
The use of positive stress on the child
Parents who use a wide range of interaction styles with their children.
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.