What Is the Interactionist's Stance on Language Development

question 119

Multiple Choice

What is the interactionist's stance on language development?

• A)Language development is motivated by the need to communicate with others.
• B)The information needed to acquire language is contained in the language itself.
• C)Language is too complex to come only from experience, so there must be innate structures that enable humans to acquire language.
• D)Language comes solely from the gradual strengthening of connections in the neural network.

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Definitions:

Latency Stage

A period in Freudian psychosexual development occurring from age six to puberty, where sexual urges are repressed and focus shifts to social and intellectual skills.

Anal Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development, occurring from about 18 months to 3 years of age, where the child's focus is on controlling bladder and bowel movements.

Genital Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory occurring in puberty, where libido is centered on the genital area, and the focus is on mature sexual relationships.

Oral Stage

The first stage in Freudian psychosexual development, occurring from birth to about 18 months, where the mouth is the focal point of libidinal energy.