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Interactive QuestionsOnline version Reflective questions by Sarai Granados 1 What are the limitations of applying behaviorist principles to human language learning? a Children often produce sentences they haven’t heard before, indicating that imitation and reinforcement can’t account for all language learning. b Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability. c Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children, providing a scaffold that helps them understand and use language. d 2 What evidence supports the idea of an inborn language faculty? a Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability. b Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children c d 3 Why is caregiver speech important in early language acquisition? a Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability b Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children, providing a scaffold that helps them understand and use language. c Children often produce sentences they haven’t heard before, indicating that imitation and reinforcement can’t account for all language learning d 4 How does Piaget’s concept of cognitive development explain why children might not use certain words or language structures until a specific age? a suggests that the language environment plays a crucial role in language acquisition. b Studies show that caregiver speech, with its simplified structure and repetition, helps children understand and produce language. c suggests that children need to develop specific cognitive abilities, like understanding object permanence or size comparison, before they can use related language structures, such as words for hidden objects or comparative adjectives. d 5 What does research on child-directed speech (caregiver speech) suggest about the role of the environment in language learning? a Suggest that the complexity and speed with which children learn language cannot be explained by environmental input alone. b Studies show that caregiver speech, with its simplified structure and repetition, helps children understand and produce language. c d e 6 Why might Chomsky argue that language cannot be fully explained by environmental factors alone? a believes that the complexity and speed with which children learn language cannot be explained by environmental input alone. b suggests that children need to develop specific cognitive abilities c d

1

What are the limitations of applying behaviorist principles to human language learning?

a

Children often produce sentences they haven’t heard before, indicating that imitation and reinforcement can’t account for all language learning.

b

Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability.

c

Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children, providing a scaffold that helps them understand and use language.

d

2

What evidence supports the idea of an inborn language faculty?

a

Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability.

b

Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children

c

d

3

Why is caregiver speech important in early language acquisition?

a

Research on brain areas like Broca’s and Wernicke’s, as well as the inability of animals to learn grammar, supports the idea of an innate language ability

b

Caregiver speech simplifies language and engages children, providing a scaffold that helps them understand and use language.

c

Children often produce sentences they haven’t heard before, indicating that imitation and reinforcement can’t account for all language learning

d

4

How does Piaget’s concept of cognitive development explain why children might not use certain words or language structures until a specific age?

a

suggests that the language environment plays a crucial role in language acquisition.

b

Studies show that caregiver speech, with its simplified structure and repetition, helps children understand and produce language.

c

suggests that children need to develop specific cognitive abilities, like understanding object permanence or size comparison, before they can use related language structures, such as words for hidden objects or comparative adjectives.

d

5

What does research on child-directed speech (caregiver speech) suggest about the role of the environment in language learning?

a

Suggest that the complexity and speed with which children learn language cannot be explained by environmental input alone.

b

Studies show that caregiver speech, with its simplified structure and repetition, helps children understand and produce language.

c

d

e

6

Why might Chomsky argue that language cannot be fully explained by environmental factors alone?

a

believes that the complexity and speed with which children learn language cannot be explained by environmental input alone.

b

suggests that children need to develop specific cognitive abilities

c

d

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Interactive QuestionsOnline version

by Sarai Granados

What are the limitations of applying behaviorist principles to human language learning?

What evidence supports the idea of an inborn language faculty?

Why is caregiver speech important in early language acquisition?

How does Piaget’s concept of cognitive development explain why children might not use certain words or language structures until a specific age?

What does research on child-directed speech (caregiver speech) suggest about the role of the environment in language learning?

Why might Chomsky argue that language cannot be fully explained by environmental factors alone?