Chomsky Believed That Children Are Innately Endowed to Learn Language

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Multiple Choice

Chomsky believed that children are innately endowed to learn language. From the options, which provides support to back Chomsky's claim?

• A) Infants show the ability to learn from language from caregivers with scaffolding and support.
• B) Children automatically memorize word meanings without having to practice.
• C) Children show creative uses of language and an ability to generate an infinite number of sentences they never heard.
• D) Language skills are inherited dispositions shown to relate to a person's genetic makeup.
• E) Children achieve adult-like grammar understanding and usage by 2 years.

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Definitions:

Squinting

The partial closing of one's eyes to improve focus or reduce light exposure, or a misalignment of the eyes where they do not aim simultaneously at the same point.

Ear Ossicles

Three small bones in the middle ear known as the malleus, incus, and stapes, which transmit sound vibrations to the inner ear.

Perilymph

A fluid in the inner ear. When this fluid moves, it activates hearing and equilibrium receptors.

Semicircular Canals

Structures within the inner ear that are key to the body's vestibular system, aiding in balancing and sensing orientation in three-dimensional space.