Martin looks at his class syllabus and notices that his professor will lecture today on the work of Noam Chomsky. What is most likely to be the focus of the lecture?
a. Discussion of an innate mechanism in the brain for learning language
b. Suggestions for how teachers and parents can encourage children to attempt to use language c. A focus on circumstances in the environment that support language development
d. Comparing and contrasting biological and environmental influences on language development e. Debate over whether intelligence is composed of a single factor or multiple factors
a
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