PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Language Acquisition Device, B. F. Skinner, Language Development
31 Mar 2019
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The nativist approach holds that language is acquired by way of an inborn language acquisition device (lad) that transforms the surface structure of the language into an internal deep structure that the child innately understands. Skinner proposed an operant conditioning model of language development. Bandura"s model of observational learning emphasize more complex forms of learning. Such accounts also contend that the environment can provide children with the experience necessary to acquire language. Piagetians link advances in cognitive abilities to language development. Others hold that when children hear speech, they analyze it according to its content before extracting its grammatical structure. Sociocultural theorists argue that children"s primary motivation for acquiring language is to gain a tool for communication. Caregivers facilitate this process by providing a language acquisition support system (lass), through which children acquire specific language elements. The sociocultural approach also emphasizes the social-cognitive skills that both child and caregiver bring to language learning.
