Children's Language Development Is Dependent Upon Instruction from Adults

question 18

True/False

Children's language development is dependent upon instruction from adults.

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Definitions:

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously replaces unacceptable impulses with their opposites.

Forbidden Impulse

A desire or thought that is repressed or deemed unacceptable by societal standards or personal conscience, often explored in psychoanalytic theories.

Displacement

A redirection of an impulse from a channel that is blocked into another, more available outlet.

Psychosexual Stages

A theory proposed by Freud describing how personality develops through five stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) centered on erogenous zones.