Section 1
Physical, Perceptual, and Language Development
Describe two reflexes that infants display.
Using a flowchart similar to the one below, list the steps involved in learning language.
What questions do developmental psychologists raise concerning nature versus nurture?
How does human language acquisition differ from the acquisition of human language by an animal?
Interview a younger sibling, cousin, or friend (5 years old or younger). Use what you have learned about the development of language to describe that child's use of language.