Author Question: If you believe in a language acquisition device, then you believe that a. language is acquired ... (Read 129 times)

Awilson837 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

If you believe in a language acquisition device, then you believe that

a. language is acquired mostly though the process of modeling.
b. infants have an inborn brain mechanism for processing language.
c. parental reinforcement can explain most of language acquisition.
d. the most difficult part of language acquisition involves grasping the rules of language.

Question 2

What behavior would an infant display that would lead a competent doctor to accurately suspect the child has an autism spectrum disorder?

a. Failure to respond to human voices and other social stimuli
b. Excessive levels of joint attention
c. Showing a clear preference for human over nonhuman stimuli
d. An obsession with playing peek-a-boo and other social games