Across
- 2. These theories acknowledge that language develops through the interaction between nature-related and nurture-related factors.
- 5. Belief that children are born with a basic set of grammatical rules and categories that exist in all languages. Reported existence of language acquisition device.
- 6. The Social-Interactionist Theory is an example of this type of language theory.
- 8. These theories hold that much knowledge is innate and genetically transmitted rather than learned by experience.
- 9. What type of language theory is the Behaviorist Theory?
- 11. This theory states language is learned through operant conditioning. Positive behaviors are strengthened through rewards, while negative behaviors are punished to decrease the behavior.
Down
- 1. These theories rest on the notion that humans gain all knowledge through experience.
- 3. Primary concept of this theory is the Zone of Proximal Development.
- 4. Belief that the brain is divided into subnetworks or processors. These processors can work individually or together at higher levels to produce a combination of functions.
- 7. The Universal Grammar, Modularity, and Bootstrapping theories fall into this category of language theory.
- 10. The belief an individual has accomplished a goal by personal effort or with minimal outside assistance. Three types include syntactic, semantic, and prosodic.