AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING AND LANGUAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Noam Chomsky believed that all humans are born with the ability to learn and acquire language. He calls this ability
A
language acquisition device
B
telegraphic speech
C
linguistic determinism
D
babbling stage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Language Acquisition Device, or LAD, is part of Chomsky’s acquisition hypothesis. The LAD is a system of principles that children are born with that helps them learn language, and accounts for the order in which children learn structures, and the mistakes they make as they learn.

Detailed explanation-2: -Noam Chomsky describes himself as an anarcho-syndicalist and libertarian socialist, and is considered to be a key intellectual figure within the left wing of politics of the United States.

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