Theories

Question 0

Domain specific

Answer 0

Process of people learning a language is dedicated solely to the tasks of comprehending and producing language

Question 1

Nature vs. Nurture

Answer 1

Some of the aspects if language are innate and some are acquired through individuals experience with culture and people of their communities

Question 2

Vygotsky’s social-interactionist theory

Answer 2

Stressed environmental interaction. All knowledge exists on a social plane then on a psychological plane

Question 3

ZPD

Answer 3

Zone of proximal development- diff between a child’s actual development as determines by independent problem solving, potential level of dev

Question 4

Piaget cognitive theory

Answer 4

A child must achieve one stage of dev before moving on to another stage

Question 5

Usage based theory

Answer 5

Social nature of lang as an impetus for furthering children’s lang abilities, saying that children learn language because they have a reason to talk

Question 6

Fodor’s modularity theory

Answer 6

Emphasizes the organization of the cognitive infrastructure of the brain, comprising a series of specified modules