Psychologists Who Focus on Cognitive Explanations of Language Acquisition Draw

question 110

Multiple Choice

Psychologists who focus on cognitive explanations of language acquisition draw on whose ideas?

• A) Chomsky and the language acquisition device
• B) Piaget, Vygotsky, and the relationship between cognition and language
• C) Bandura and abstract modeling
• D) Skinner and reinforcement

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Definitions:

Automatic Responses

Reflex actions or instinctual reactions that occur without conscious thought, often as a result of learned behaviors or biological predispositions.

Voluntary Responses

Reactions that are consciously controlled and performed by an individual in response to external stimuli.

Inborn

Inborn refers to characteristics, traits, or abilities that are present from birth, as opposed to those acquired or learned over time.

Automatic Connection

The unconscious linking of thoughts, emotions, or behaviors based on past experiences, habits, or biological factors.