Theorists And Questions

Question 1

Which theorist proposed the Input Theory?

Answer 1

Bruner

Question 2

Which theorist further researched the Input Theory?

Answer 2

Vygostky

Question 3

Which theorist proposed the Nativist/m theory?

Answer 3

Chomsky

Question 4

Which theorist proposed the Behaviourist/m Theory?

Answer 4

Skinner

Question 5

Which theorist proposed the Cognitivist/m Theory?

Answer 5

Piaget

Question 6

What theorists can you use to SUPPORT the claim language development is about using vocabulary and grammar in social interactions?

Answer 6

•Bruner
•Vygotsky
•Halliday and Dore
•Sacks’s Maxims
•Lakoff’s Maxims
•Grice’s Maxims

Question 7

What theorists can you use to REFUTE the claim language is developed through using vocabulary and grammar in social interactions?

Answer 7

•Chomsky
•Skinner

Question 8

What theories/theorists support the claim language is just about learning vocabulary and grammar?

Answer 8

•Chomsky
•Skinner

Question 9

What theories/theorists would SUPPORT the claim that language is learned through imitation?

Answer 9

•Skinner

Question 10

Who conducted the “Wug” Experiment?

Answer 10

Jean Berko

Question 11

Who studied the Fis Phenomenon?

Answer 11

Berko and Brown

Question 12

Who conducted the “Nobody Don’t Like Me” model?

Answer 12

McNeil

Question 13

Who proposed the ‘critical period’?

Answer 13

Eric Lenneberg

Question 14

Who studied Genie (the isolate girl)?

Answer 14

Jean Butler

Question 15

Who claimed human anatomy is adapted for speech?

Answer 15

Isaac Slobin

Question 16

Who used chimpanzees to support Chomsky’s Nativism Theory? (Nym Chimpsky)

Answer 16

Steven Pinker

Question 17

Who said that “children have an innate capacity to read meaning into social situations?”

Answer 17

John Macnamara

Question 18

What did Halliday study?

Answer 18

Pragmatic Function Categories

Question 19

Who do you talk about when discussing Halliday?

Answer 19

Dore

Question 20

Which theories/theorists can you use to SUPPORT the claim “child language development relies more on input than in an innate capacity to learn”?

Answer 20

•Bruner
•Vygotsky
•Skinner

Question 21

Which theories/theorists can you use to REFUTE the claim “child language development realises more on input than in an innate capacity to learn”?

Answer 21

•Chomsky
•Piaget

Question 22

Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?

“Evaluate the claim that children learn language through punishment and reward.”

Answer 22

Skinner

Question 23

Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?

“Evaluate the claim children’s ability to acquire language is innate.”

Answer 23

Chomsky

Question 24

Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?

“Evaluate the claim that child language development relies most upon wider cognitive development.”

Answer 24

Piaget

Question 25

Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?

“Evaluate the claim that input is a key factor in helping children to develop language.”

Answer 25

Bruner

Question 26

Which two key theorists support the following claim?

“Evaluate the claim that adult support is a key factor in helping children to develop language.”

Answer 26

Bruner and Vygostky