Author Question: In which of the following ways does a typical child first learn language? a. Kristen concentrates ... (Read 55 times)

jake · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

In which of the following ways does a typical child first learn language?

a. Kristen concentrates on practicing her words each day and needs educational television programs to remember them.
b. Jareds mother has taught him language through repeated drills from an early age.
c. Evan seems to learn words and form small sentences effortlessly with no specific instruction.
d. Lauren learns language in much the same way as she learns reading and writing, with training and practice.

Question 2

Critics point out that ape language must be taught laboriously, whereas children build vocabularies spontaneously. This may support an argument that apes have ____.

a. real language abilities that approximate those of a human being
b. acquired some language due to operant conditioning
c. acquired some language due to classical conditioning
d. no complexity to their behavior