Child Language Acquisition: Key Theories

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Who worked with Brown on the Fis Phenomenon?
Berko
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Who devised an order in which in inflections are learned?
Cruttenden
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What did Brown devise to help identify stages of grammatical development? (inits)
MLU
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Which test is Berko famous for?
Wug
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Which theorist worked on Negation and Pronoun development?
Bellugi
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Which spoken language theory did Crystal apply when adding an extra Negation Stage?
Politeness
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Which theorist teamed up with Teberosky and found that many children expect people's names to be written proportional to their size or age?
Ferrerio
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What was Kroll's first Spelling Stage?
Preparation
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What was Kroll's second Spelling Stage?
Consolidation
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What was Kroll's third Spelling Stage?
Differentiation
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What was Kroll's third Spelling Stage?
Integration
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Who was the main theorist behind the Nurture movement?
Skinner
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Which theorist came up with the LAD?
Chomsky
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Who worked with Sachs in the study of Jim, the hearing child of deaf parents?
Bard
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What did Bruner come up with that is the companion to the LAD? (inits)
LASS
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Who supports the child in their learning of language in the Social Interaction Theory? (inits)
MKO
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What did Vygotsky say can aid a child through the ZPD?
Scaffolding
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What is the first stage of Piaget's Cognitive Stages of Development?
Sensorimotor
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What is the second stage of Piaget's Cognitive Stages of Development?
Pre-Operational
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What is the third stage of Piaget's Cognitive Stages of Development?
Concrete Operational
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What is the fourth stage of Piaget's Cognitive Stages of Development?
Formal Operational
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Who came up with the 4 categories of the first words that children produce?
Nelson
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Which type of Rescorla's categories of Overextension is this an example of: 'apple' for all round fruit?
Categorical
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Which type of Rescorla's categories of Overextension is this an example of: 'doggie' every animal?
Analogical
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Which type of Rescorla's categories of Overextension is this an example of: 'duck' when looking at an empty pond?
Mismatch Statements
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What is the first stage of Aitchison's stages of semantic development?
Labelling
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What is the second stage of Aitchison's stages of semantic development?
Packaging
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What is the third stage of Aitchison's stages of semantic development?
Network-Building
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Who devised the Functions of children's language?
Halliday
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Which theorist looked at the importance of 'Peek-a-Boo' in pragmatic development?
Bancroft
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