behaviourism evaluation

Question 2

What factor is suggested to play a role in language acquisition?

Answer 2

Imitation

Children often develop regional accents, indicating the importance of imitation in language learning.

Question 3

What did Clarke Stewart’s research indicate about children’s vocabulary?

Answer 3

Children whose mothers talk more tend to have a larger vocabulary

This suggests that maternal communication plays a significant role in language development.

Question 4

True or False: Language can be acquired solely through imitation.

Answer 4

False

Imitation alone does not account for virtuous errors in children’s language.

Question 5

What is a limitation of the imitation theory in language acquisition?

Answer 5

It does not account for virtuous errors

Virtuous errors are language features that children produce without having heard them modeled.

Question 6

What is a common observation about children’s language development in normal circumstances?

Answer 6

Children go through very similar stages of language development at roughly the same time

This occurs regardless of the amount of parental reinforcement given.