Which statement supports the learning theory of language acquisition?
A. It cannot account for the unique utterances and errors that young children make.
B. Children learn to string together words over time based on their experiences and trial and error.
C. Young children make grammatical errors, such as "mouses" instead of "mice."
D. Toddlers often put words together in ways that they likely have never heard.
Answer: B
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a. lack of friends b. high socioeconomic status c. few liberal arts courses d. lack of financial support
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a. egocentrism b. conservation c. irreversibility d. centration e. animistic thinking
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a. Females and males do not differ in the majority of cognitive abilities. b. Females are more likely than males to suffer from dyslexia. c. Females hold an edge over males in verbal skills like reading, writing, and spelling. d. Males, on average, outperform females in visual-spatial tasks involving the ability to perceive relationships among three-dimensional objects. e. Females, on average, are better skilled at remembering where objects are located.
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a. motor cortex. b. endocrine system. c. autonomic nervous system. d. neocortex.