Proponents of _______ essentially argue that children are born with a broad theory of language that they modify in accordance with the speech they hear growing up.
a. the social-interactionist perspective c. neo-Piagetian theories
b. behavioralist theories d. nativist theories.
Question 2
Most researchers today
a. do not take the empiricist position.
b. believe that grammar is acquired simply by conditioning.
c. believe that imitation plays a role in language development that behaviorists proposed.
d. do not acknowledge that a child's language environment is important for language acquisition.
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