Psychology Language Liam

This nativist theorist proposed that humans are equipped with an innate language acquisition device.

• Gerd Gigerenzer
• Daniel Kahneman
• Steven Pinker
• Noam Chomsky

This famous behaviorist argued that language development depends on learning and conditioning.

• B. F. Skinner
• Noam Chomsky
• Amos Tversky
• Herbert Simon

Noam Chomsky’s view of language proposes that:

• language is learned principally through verbal reinforcement

• language acquisition can be explained by social modeling

• different levels of language ability are hereditarily determined

• there is an inherent language acquisition device

• thinking is merely sub-vocal language

What do we call the smallest distinctive sound units in language?

• Morphemes
• Phonemes
• Thoughts
• Grammar

A, an and ill are all examples of:

• Phonemes
• Morphemes
• Syntax
• Grammar

A word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is called

• Grapheme
• Morpheme
• Phoneme
• Holophrase

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage.

• grammatical
• one-word
  
• telegraphic speech
  
• babbling
  

Skinner and other behaviorists have argued that language development is the result of:

• Imitation
• Reinforcement
• Association
• All of the above

Whorf’s linguistic determination hypothesis states that:

• Language is primarily a learned ability
• Language is partially an innate ability
• The size of a person’s vocabulary reflects his or her intelligence
• Our language shapes our thinking

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver, “Can you please a ride to the airport me give?” This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

• phonemes
• semantics
• syntax
• nomenclature