theorists (nature vs nurture)

Question 1

what is the name of skinners theory?

Answer 1

the behaviourist theory

Question 2

what is the general idea of skinners theory?

Answer 2

children learn to speak through imitation of parents and through rewards and punishments according to the accuracy of their speech

Question 3

how would skinners theory be shown in a text?

Answer 3

• children imitating adults

- adults teaching children language

Question 4

what evidence is there supporting skinner?

Answer 4

children learnt ‘went’ instead of ‘goed’ through imitation

Question 5

what is the name of bruners theory?

Answer 5

social interactionist theory

Question 6

what is the general idea of bruners theory?

Answer 6

• children use language at first in order to get what they want
• language development is accelerated according to the quantity and quality of social interaction with adults (this is how stye learn the pragmatic of language)

Question 7

how would burners theory be shown in an exam?

Answer 7

• children learning from interaction

- adults responding in a positive way

Question 8

what us the general idea of chomskys theory?

Answer 8

children are born with an innate knowledge of the structure of language and this speeds up the learning of their native language when they hear it, when they hear language they fit this into their mental model of language acquisition device (LAD)

Question 9

what is the LAD and who was it theorised by?

Answer 9

language acquisition device, and mental model of how language works

Question 10

what do look for in the exam to use chomsky?

Answer 10

• children doing more than simply imitating

- making up new words

Question 11

what is the evidence for chomsky?

Answer 11

children learn language at around the same age and in a similar order

Question 12

what is evidence to support bruner?

Answer 12

genie the feral child (3 word sentences by age 11)

Question 13

what is the general idea of piaget?

Answer 13

that language goes hand in hand with development of thinking and knowledge , until the child has learnt concepts of size etc they can’t grasp words such as more than

Question 14

what to look for in exam to use piaget?

Answer 14

• children failing to understand

- talking to themselves trying to make sense of the language

Question 15

what is evidence for piaget?

Answer 15

7 year olds did not benefit from learning phrases such as more than, concepts need to be learnt first

Question 16

What did vygotsky find?

Answer 16

That child’s play is important to social and cognitive development, found they were keen to adopt roles, identities and language

Question 17

What did Susan Golding meadow find?

Answer 17

Girls meet the developmental milestone quicker