Author Question: Chomsky argued that there are several flaws with the association theory of language learning. Which ... (Read 55 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Chomsky argued that there are several flaws with the association theory of language learning. Which of the following is not one of his arguments?

a. One could never learn all the possible associations.
b. The hierarchical structure of the association theory is incorrect because language is learned in a linear fashion.
c. It does not account for relations among nonadjacent words.
d. It ignores the hierarchical structure of sentences.

Question 2

Which of the following correctly describes the paired-associate theory of language learning?

a. It is a good model because it is an easy way for people to learn a language.
b. The model effectively accounts for relations among nonadjacent words.
c. The model uses the hierarchical structure of a sentence to account for how people learn a grammar.
d. Each word in a sentence serves as a stimulus for the next word.