CTEL 1: Language and language Development questions with correct answers

Language Acquistion CORRECT ANSWER The process by which we learn to speak, write or even use sign language in meaningful ways to communicate. B.F. Skinner CORRECT ANSWER Behaviorist who argued language is a learned behavior. Behaviorists CORRECT ANSWER Argue that we learn language by watching others and imitating them. Classical Conditioning CORRECT ANSWER Associating events with a reward (saying Dada and Dad being happy) Operant Conditioning CORRECT ANSWER Learning through rewards and punishments Noam Chomsky / Chomsky's Linguistic Theory CORRECT ANSWER Believes that infants and children learn language at a speed that can't be explained by behaviorism- Children learn rules of language and apply them in their own way. He believes we are born with an innate ability to learn language. Language Acquisition Device CORRECT