Week 3

Question 1

Therapy

Answer 1

Drill and practice

Question 2

Social Interactionism Theory

Answer 2

Language function, not structure is emphasized

Question 3

Language develops as a result of children’s…

Answer 3

social interactions with the important people in their lives

Question 4

Language develops because ch are motivated to…

Answer 4

interact socially with others around them

Question 5

Language developes

Answer 5

across the lifespan

Question 6

Cognitive Theory

Answer 6

• Jean Piaget
• Emphasizes cognition or knowledge and mental processes

Question 7

Two forms of cognitive theory

Answer 7

Strong cognition hypothesis and weak cognition hypothesis

Question 8

Strong Cognition Hypothesis

Answer 8

• Cognitive abilities are prerequisites to language skills
• Language will absolutely not develop without these cognitive abilities

Question 9

Weak Cognition Hypothesis

Answer 9

• Cognition can account for some of children’s language abilities, but not all

Question 10

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

Answer 10

• Sensorimotor
• Means
• Object Permanence
• First Word
• Symbolic Play

Question 11

Sensorimotor

Answer 11

birth to 2 years

Question 12

Means

Answer 12

ends behavior (cause & effect)

Question 13

Object Permanence

Answer 13

Knowing even though something is not in front of you it still exists

Question 14

First Word is at age

Answer 14

12 months

Question 15

Symbolic Play

Answer 15

one thing substitutes for another

Question 16

Preoperational (2-7) Years

Answer 16

• Concreteness of thought
• Ch. egocentric; difficulty taking others’ perspective
• Over-extensions and under-extensions occur

Question 17

Over extensions

Answer 17

When ch. over generalize

Question 18

Under extenstions

Answer 18

are restricted meanings

Question 19

Concrete Operations (7-11 years)

Answer 19

• Acquires conservation
• Childless egocentric has ability to see other’s points of view

Question 20

Formal Operations (over 11 years)

Answer 20

• Increase ability to see others’ points of view
• Thinks, speaks in the abstract (understanding metaphors)
• Fluidly uses verbal reasoning and if-then statements

Question 21

Drawbacks of Chomsky Theory

Answer 21

• Does not account for Ch’s environments or interactions with caregivers
• It is theoretical, not based on listening to what ch. do when they learn lang.