Theorists And Questions Flashcards
Which theorist proposed the Input Theory?
Bruner
Which theorist further researched the Input Theory?
Vygostky
Which theorist proposed the Nativist/m theory?
Chomsky
Which theorist proposed the Behaviourist/m Theory?
Skinner
Which theorist proposed the Cognitivist/m Theory?
Piaget
What theorists can you use to SUPPORT the claim language development is about using vocabulary and grammar in social interactions?
•Bruner
•Vygotsky
•Halliday and Dore
•Sacks’s Maxims
•Lakoff’s Maxims
•Grice’s Maxims
What theorists can you use to REFUTE the claim language is developed through using vocabulary and grammar in social interactions?
•Chomsky
•Skinner
What theories/theorists support the claim language is just about learning vocabulary and grammar?
•Chomsky
•Skinner
What theories/theorists would SUPPORT the claim that language is learned through imitation?
•Skinner
Who conducted the “Wug” Experiment?
Jean Berko
Who studied the Fis Phenomenon?
Berko and Brown
Who conducted the “Nobody Don’t Like Me” model?
McNeil
Who proposed the ‘critical period’?
Eric Lenneberg
Who studied Genie (the isolate girl)?
Jean Butler
Who claimed human anatomy is adapted for speech?
Isaac Slobin
Who used chimpanzees to support Chomsky’s Nativism Theory? (Nym Chimpsky)
Steven Pinker
Who said that “children have an innate capacity to read meaning into social situations?”
John Macnamara
What did Halliday study?
Pragmatic Function Categories
Who do you talk about when discussing Halliday?
Dore
Which theories/theorists can you use to SUPPORT the claim “child language development relies more on input than in an innate capacity to learn”?
•Bruner
•Vygotsky
•Skinner
Which theories/theorists can you use to REFUTE the claim “child language development realises more on input than in an innate capacity to learn”?
•Chomsky
•Piaget
Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?
“Evaluate the claim that children learn language through punishment and reward.”
Skinner
Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?
“Evaluate the claim children’s ability to acquire language is innate.”
Chomsky
Who is the key theorist to support the following claim?
“Evaluate the claim that child language development relies most upon wider cognitive development.”
Piaget
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.”
Bruner
Which two key theorists support the following claim?
“Evaluate the claim that adult support is a key factor in helping children to develop language.”
Bruner and Vygostky
