About behaviorism - Class 3

What is the first sign of communication that occur in children?

• Crying

• Gesturing

• Babbling

• One word stage

CHILDES stands for Child Language Data Exchange System.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An example of the one-word stage utterances a child produces is:

• I see daddy

• dada

• see daddy

Behaviorism central idea says:

• Children imitate adults. Their correct utterances are reinforced when they get what they want or are praised.

• FalsoThis theory emphasises the interaction between children and their care-givers

The four language acquisition stages we studied are:

• Crying, babbling stage, one-word utterances, Variegated babbling

• Babbling, Holophrastic stage, Two-word stage and Telegraphic stage.

Language is based on a set of structures or rules, which could not be worked out simply by imitating individual utterances is one of the behaviorism's limitations:

• Yes

• No

We can conclude that:

• Behaviorism says that parents or other caretakers don't teach their children to speak,

  they do perform an important role by talking to their children.

• Behaviorism is correct at confirming that infants learn oral language from other human role models through a process involving imitation, rewards, and practice.

• Infants do not learn a language by immitation. Interaction is important, but there are some other aspects that contribute to language acquisition.