Language Development in Children

Question 1

Who came up with the cognitive theory of language acquisition?

Answer 1

Piaget

Question 2

What theory states that interaction with the physical environment is important for cognitive development?

Answer 2

Piaget cognitive theory

Question 3

Who believes that the child is an active participant in learning?

Answer 3

Piaget

Question 4

What are Piagets stages of cognitive development?

Answer 4

1. Sensorimotor stage: 0-2 years, object permanence
2. Preoperational Stage: 2-7 years old, learn thru pretend play, egocentric, lack of concept and conservation –> amount stays the same regardless of the container
3. Concrete Operations Stage: 7-11 years old, think more logically,
4. Formal Operations Stage: 11 years to adulthood, abstract thought

Question 5

Who came up with the social interactionism theory?

Answer 5

Vytgosky

Question 6

Who and what theory believed that language develops because people are motivated to interact socially?

Answer 6

Social interactionism theory - Vygotsky

Question 7

How do vygotsky and piaget differ in their theories?

Answer 7

Unlike Piaget who views cognitive skills as a prerequisite to language, Vygotsky viewed languages as a precursor to cognition, that children use language to structure thought.

Question 8

WHo believed that challenging tasks promote maximum cognitive growth?

Answer 8

Vygotsky

Question 9

What do you call the range of tasks that a child cant do independently but with the assistance of soemone smarter? what theory does this fall into?

Answer 9

Zone of Proximal Development

Vygotsky, social interactionalism

Question 10

What is a called when another person provides help and support 4 a child to help them complete a task in the ZPD

Answer 10

scaffolding

Question 11

This theory says that learning is acquired through modeling and observation

Answer 11

Social Learning Theory

Question 12

What theory says that learning does not depend on performance?

Answer 12

Social learning theory

Question 13

What theory states that language is: content form and use

Answer 13

Interactionist Learning Theory

Question 14

Who came up with the interactionist Learning THeory?

Answer 14

Bloom and Lahey

Question 15

Who states that the SLP is a facilitator and not a trainer or tutor?

Answer 15

Bloom and Lahey, in the Interactionist Learning theory

Question 16

Who said that langauge develops through the childs interaction with the world and the models and stimuli need to be frequent and in meaningful –child should only produce the word when its necessary

Answer 16

Interactionist Learning THeory

Question 17

Proposed theory to explain acquisition of verbal language not language in general
Verbal behaviors form through stimulation, response, and reinforcement and requires social interaction
Verbal language is not innate
Caregivers perform actions that promote language learning in children

Answer 17

skinner behavioralist theory

Question 18

prides environment and social interaction

Answer 18

behavioralist theory/skinner

Question 19

Verbal behavior is broken down into these 5 verbal behaviors in the behavioral theory

Answer 19

mands
tacts
echoics
autoclitics
intraverbals

Question 20

This theory states we all are born with Langauge

Answer 20

Chomsky

Nativist Theory

Question 21

this theory states that there are universal rules that apply to all languages and as we develop we keep the rules that apply to our language

Answer 21

Chomsky

nativist theory

Question 22

Little need for exposure to social interaction, environment modification, or reinforcement

Answer 22

chomsky nativist

Question 23

the study of word structure

Answer 23

morphology

Question 24

the study of meaning in a language

Answer 24

semantics

Question 25

What are the 5 components of language

Answer 25

Morphology
syntax
semantics
pragmatics
phonology

Question 26

language development in children depends on these factors:

Answer 26

1. innate characteristics of the child (IQ, Attention Span)
2. Environment
3. Social Interactions
4. Cultural Expectations.

Question 27

An example of an embedded sentence

Answer 27

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