What Is Behavioural Learning Theory

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Essay

What is behavioural learning theory?

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Definitions:

Receptive Vocabularies

The set of words a person can comprehend and understand when listening or reading, as opposed to the words they can actively use.

Productive Vocabularies

The set of words a person can actively use in speech or writing, as opposed to words they can only recognize when heard or read.

Under-extension

A cognitive error typical in early child language development where a child inappropriately restricts the use of a word to only one object or situation.

Telegraphic Speech

A stage in language acquisition in children where speech is abrupt and consists mainly of content words, resembling the structure of telegraph messages.