Describe Noam Chomsky's theory of language development
What will be an ideal response?
Linguist Noam Chomsky believed that language is a unique human accomplishment, etched into the structure of the brain. His nativist theory reasoned that the rules of sentence organization are too complex to be directly taught to or discovered by even a cognitively sophisticated young child. Rather, he proposed that all children have a language acquisition device (LAD), an innate system that contains a universal grammar, or set of rules common to all languages. It enables children, no matter which language they hear, to understand and speak in a rule-oriented fashion as soon as they pick up enough words.
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A. Polygraph examinations B. Compliance systems C. Honor systems D. Security cameras
Both behaviorism and social learning theory have been criticized for
A) overestimating children's contributions to their own development. B) presenting ideas that are too vague to test empirically. C) emphasizing nature over nurture. D) underestimating children's contributions to their own development.
One problem that arises because of publication bias is that ______.
A. authors often fail to cite all sources described in their paper B. the results reported in the peer-reviewed literature cannot be trusted C. it is possible that a reported effect is overstated D. editors preferentially published negative results in favor of positive results
According to the views of Mary Ainsworth, the form of attachment in which a child displays contradictory behavior towards the mother is called:
a. avoidant attachment b. secure attachment c. resistant attachment d. disorganized/disoriented attachment