GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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Question
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the critical theory hypothesis
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Chomsky’s innate theory
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Bruner’s interactionist theory
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the wug test
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bruner argues that an adult and an infant have conversations despite the child being unable to speak. The interaction between the two, such as games and non-verbal communication, build the structure of language long before the child is able to communicate verbally.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chomsky theory is supported by Genie’s case because Genie showed that she produced utterances when she was a baby without being taught. It seems that Genie’s difficulties to learn the language were not inborn because she was on the road to learn the language when she was locked up.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most significant theories used to educate Genie was Bandura’s social-cognitive learning theory. This theory maintains that humans can learn by observing other humans and deciding which behavior to mimic (Bandura, 2019). It also indicates that rewarded behaviors are more likely to be repeated and vice-versa.
Detailed explanation-4: -Genie’s linguistic competence (her grammar, if we can speak of a grammar at such an early stage of development) is in many ways on a par with a two or two and a half year old child. Her per-formance-particularly as related to expressive speech-is much poorer than normal children at this level.