GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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Learn to speak by mimicking the sounds around them
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Speak more quickly if their parents correct their mispronunciations early
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Are hard-wired for language acquisition
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Learn language more quickly if positive rewards are given to them
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Can learn to speak correctly only during a critical age
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chomsky’s theory disagrees with Skinner’s method of positive reinforcement as Chomsky believes that the use of praise and rewards doesn’t assist a child’s development nor encourage them to learn. He, however, considers that each child is born with a language template which is developed throughout their education.
Detailed explanation-2: -Skinner believed children learn language through operant conditioning-that children receive “rewards” for using language in a functional manner. Noam Chomsky’s theory states that children have the innate biological ability to learn language; however, his theory has not been supported by genetic or neurological studies.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.