COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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Question
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Chomsky
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Whorf
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Skinner
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Sapir
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Detailed explanation-1: -Noam Chomsky’s language theory included the idea that: Children have an innate mental grammar. There is evidence to support the idea that there is an inborn tendency to absorb language.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which statement is consistent with Noam Chomsky’s theories of language? There is an inborn biological propensity that guides language learning.
Detailed explanation-3: -Noam Chomsky developed the language acquisition theory in order to explain this phenomenon. According to Chomsky, the ability to learn languages is an innate skill. Children are born with a language learning tool that he called a language acquisition device.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following is the best example of the use of the availability heuristic? Making a judgement according to past experiences that are most easily recalled.
Detailed explanation-5: -A really famous example of functional fixedness involves a candle, thumbtacks, and a box of matches.