CMSD 360 Chapter 2

According to the text, which paradigm emphasizes that children are internally wired of language development?

• Social-Cognitive

• Behaviorist Paradigm (nurture)

• Cognitive-Constructivist

• Rationalist Paradigm (nature)

Who proposed the concept of Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?

• Noam Chomsky

• Lev Vygotsky

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

What is the area between what a child can accomplish independently and what he can accomplish with another person who has greater knowledge, experience, or skill in that area called?

• Cognitive Prerequisites

• Linguistic Universals

• Primitive Speech Acts

• Zone of Proximal Development

What is the current term used for the speech directed to children that is shorter in length, simpler in grammatical complexity, and slower in rate of speech?

• Child-Directed Speech

• Primitive Speech Acts

• Social-Cognitive Models

• Motherese

Which theory emphasizes the role of schemas in intellectual growth and learning?

• Social-Cognitive

• Rationalist Paradigm

• Cognitive-Constructivist

• Behaviorist Paradigm

Who proposed the concept of Operant Conditioning?

• Jean Piaget

• Lev Vygotsky

• Noam Chomsky

• B.F. Skinner

Who theorized that mental structures (schemas) correspond to consistencies in an infants or child's behaviors or actions?

• Noam Chomsky

• B.F. Skinner

• Lev Vygotsky

• Jean Piaget

According to the text, which paradigm emphasizes that children learn language based on the input they receive from the environment?

• Rationalist Paradigm (nature)

• Behavioralist Paradigm (nurture)

• Cognitive Constructivist

• Social Cognitive

_______ is when the frequency of certain behaviors can be increased if positive reinforcers (or consequences) are contingent upon those behaviors.

• Operant Controlling

• Language of Acquisition Device

• Operant Conditioning

• Behavior Modification

Which approach to language development merges the tools internal to the child in concert with the powerful influence of hands on and social factors?

• Nature

• Interactionist

• Nurture

• Nature-Nurture