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WorksheetsCLA Theories
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Is Behaviourism part of the nature or the nurture debate?
Nature
Nurture
Whose term is the 'Zone of proximal development'?
Stephen Krashen
Lev Vygotsky
David Crystal
Jean Piaget
What is it called when a child makes a mistake that make grammatical sense but isn't correct due to an irregular rule.
Honest mistake
Virtuous mistake
Virtuous error
A boo boo
Who suggests children learn by imitating adults?
Chomsky
Skinner
Piaget
Nelson
Is it fair to say there is only one correct theory?
Yes
No
Maybe
Which arguments could be said to challenge Skinner's theories?
Children don't respond to negative reinforcement
Children eventually learn to say 'went' instead of 'goed'
Children will create language they will not have heard adults use
His experiments were't rigorous
His experiments were on rats and pigeons
Which of the following are associated with Chomsky's innateness argument?
Universal Grammar
Language Acquisition Support System
Positive reinforcement
Language Acquisition Device
Poverty of the stimulus
Is Innateness part of the nature or nurture debate?
Nature
Nurture
Who proposed that there was a critical period?
Lev Vygotksy
Jean Piaget
Noam Chomsky
Eric Lenenberg
What did Bard and Sachs 1977 discuss?
The fis phenomenon
Comprehension precedes production
Genie
Jim, hearing child of deaf parents
Nicaraguan sign language
How many cognitive development steps did Piaget create?
one
three
four
two
Piaget's cognitive development has been instrumental in determining the structure of educational curricula.
True
False
Who is associated with the Social Interaction theory?
Bruner
Chomsky
Skinner
Piaget
Who coined the term LAD (Language Acquisition Device)?
Bruner
Vygotsky
Chomsky
Lenneberg
Which of these are true of the cognitive theories
children learn language by imitation
social interaction is crucial to learning
language and thought are developmentally related
language is innate
Which of these are associated with Social Interaction theory
the blank slate
the critical period
CDS (Child Directed Speech)
The LASS (Language Acquisition Support System)
What does LASS stand for
Loud Acoustic Sound System
Language Acquisition Support System
Language And Sound System
Learning And Support System
Vygotsky is associated with which of the following
MKO
CDS
ZPD
LAD
Which idea is often said to be supported by the case study of 'Genie'
Critical period
MKO
CDS
imitation
