Ch.2 First Language Acquisition by Brown (2014)

What is the name of the German philosopher who recorded observations of the psychological and linguistic development of his young son?

• François Gouin

• B.F. Skinner

• Dietrich Tiedemann

• Jean Berko

What is the role of the LAD in language acquisition according to the text?

• It is responsible for language acquisition

• It is related to learning and development

• It involves linguistic analysis and development

• It is used for language assessment and determination

Which perspective suggests that language acquisition is a secondary effect of processing amelioration?

• Nativist Approach

• Behavioral Approaches

• Connectionism

• Emergentism

Who proposed the concept of Universal Grammar in the context of language acquisition?

• Noam Chomsky

• Eric Lenneberg

• B.F. Skinner

• David McNeill

What is the term used for the perspective that emphasizes the importance of social interaction in child first language acquisition?

• Nativist Approach

• Behavioral Approaches

• Connectionism

• Functional Approaches

Which model suggests that sentences are the result of the simultaneous interconnection of a multitude of brain cells?

• Parallel Distributed Processing Model

• Emergentism Model

• Generative Model

• Connectionist Model

Who demonstrated that children learn language as an integrated system, not as a series of separate discrete items?

• Dietrich Tiedemann

• Jean Berko

• François Gouin

• B.F. Skinner

What is the term for the theory that suggests that all languages share a common underlying structure?

• Pivot Grammars

• Parallel Distributed Processing

• Connectionism

• Universal Grammar

Which approach emphasizes that language is just one manifestation of the cognitive and affective ability to deal with the world?

• Functional Approaches

• Behavioral Approaches

• Nativist Approach

• Connectionism

What is the name of the concept proposed by Noam Chomsky in the context of language acquisition?

• Universal Grammar

• Behaviorist Theory

• Operant Conditioning

• Critical Period Hypothesis