2.2.4 Nativism Flashcards
Who developed of the Nativism theory
Chomsky
Is Chomsky nature or nurture
Nature
Chomsky’s theory states … (2)
Children can’t learn through initiation of their caregivers as they provide a ‘poverty of stimulus’
Children therefore have LAD built in to them
What’s a ‘poverty of stimulus’
Caregivers of children don’t provide a good enough standard of language (often break the rules)
What’s Language Acquistion Device (LAD)
Children have something inbuilt within their brains to help them learn language
When does Chomsky claim that LAD switches off
Around age of 7
What does LAD instruct children on
Their way of using language is correct and the caregivers are wrong
What’s the wug test
Children given picture of bird-like creature called ‘wug’ then asked to state things like what 2 of these creatures would be called (wugs’
Explain the u shapes curve
Point 1 - child applies rule and gets it right
Point 2 - child applies rule everywhere and gets it wrong
Point 3 - child learn rule works in certain situations only
Who thought of the u shaped curve
Cruttenden
Name a nativist case study
Genie
Who criticises Chomsky (nativism)
Tomasello
Pinker
Why does Pinker question Chomsky
Nearly every utterance a child produces is brand new word combo, so he questions whether a child can learn from imitation
Why does Tomasello question Chomsky
Based on hyperthetical thinking, not real life children
