Imitation Reinforcement: Language is acquired by conditioning where behavior is altered by the repeated presence of a stimulus over time. The child imitates the sounds and words around them; with praise/approval, they get encouraged to repeat and develop
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Noam Chomsky
-Lenneberg (addon)
-Ritchie (critic)
Language Acquisition Device (LAD): There is an innate system in the brain that enables language learning, instinct for universal grammar. (All children, across all cultures develop language skills around the same time and go through the same stages. Deaf
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Bruner
Language Acquisition Support System (LASS): LAD doesnt explain Feral children, doesnt take their social world into account, LAD assumes children play no active role in language acquisition. Children learn language through their support system (caretakers,
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Piaget
Addons: Vygotsky
Cognitive Development Theory (CDT): 1) Sensorymotor (object permanence) 2) Preoperational (ego centric perception)
3) Concrete operation (Conservation)
4) Formal operation: final, adolescents understand abstract ideas associated with them.
Vygotsky: Lea
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