Language

Question 1

Nativist perspective of language development

Answer 1

Associated with Chomsky

Children are born with an innate ability to learn language

Humans learn language through a language acquisition device (LAD) that operates from birth to about 8 during a critical period

Question 2

Learning (behaviorist) theory of language

Answer 2

Associated with BF Skinner

Children learn language through operant conditioning

Question 3

Interactionist Theory of Language

Answer 3

Associated with Vygotsky

Social and biological factors interact for children to learn language

Question 4

Phonolgy

Answer 4

Sounds of a language

There are 40 phonemes in the human language (smallest unit of sound)

Question 6

Morphology

Answer 6

Refers to the structure of words

A morpheme is the smallest unit of sound that has meaning

Question 7

Semantics

Answer 7

Refers to the broader meaning of a word, phrase, etc

Semantic violation provokes an N400 response

Question 8

Syntax

Answer 8

Refers to how words are arranged to create grammatically correct sentences

Violation creates P600 response

Question 9

Pragmatics

Answer 9

Refers to how language is dependent of context and preexisting knowledge

Affected by prosody (rhythym and inflection of our voices)