Many Theorists Believe That People Have an Innate Predisposition to Learn

question 35

Multiple Choice

Many theorists believe that people have an innate predisposition to learn language.Three of the following provide sources of evidence that these theorists use to support their belief.Which one is not used to support an inherited predisposition to learn language?

• A)Young infants seem to prefer listening to human voices over other kinds of sounds.
• B)Children acquire increasingly larger and more sophisticated vocabularies as they grow older.
• C)Children tend to learn certain aspects of a language more easily when they are exposed to it at a young age.
• D)Children tend to acquire many complexities of their first language that are unnecessary for day-to-day communication.