Language Development Flashcards
mand
request; reinforced by getting the thing being requested
Behaviorist theory
considered language as a part of human behavior; verbal behavior through shaping antecedent and consequent events and are reinforced by the enironment
tact
labeling and commenting; reinforced socially
intraverbal
verbal response that relates to an item, action, or property that is not present; reinforced by praise
Piaget
children acquire the necessary cognitive operations that lead to higher levels of language development-language secondary to thought and serves to express thought; strong cognition hypothesis believe in cognitive precursors to language
sensorimotor
reflexes = increased voluntary control
preoperational
symbolic use/function; egocentric thinking
concrete operational
increased use of reasoning/logic and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects with hierarchical organization
formal operation
increased flexibility in perspective taking to consider other points of views
chomsky
nativist theory; universal rules of grammar that apply to all languages; children are born with language acquisition device (LAD) a language processor that is physiological part of the brain; child’s environment provides info about the rules of the language the child is exposed to the LAD integrates the universal rules, no reinforcement since language is innate
competence
knowledge of rules of universal grammar
vygotsky
social interactionism theory, structure of human language has possible arisen from language social communicative function in human relations; emphasized language function not structure; language is a tool for social interaction
holophastic phrase
1-2 years old when child uses a single word to represent a complex idea “car” could mean look at the car asking if it is a car or declaring that it is a car
pervasive developmental disorders PDD
defines the category of neurological disorders characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in several areas of development includes autism, Aspergers syndrome, rett’s
Aspergers
defined by difficulty in social interactions and verbal and non verbal communication