In the Context of Language Research, LAD Refers To

question 8

Multiple Choice

In the context of language research, LAD refers to:

• A)A boy who is in the early stages of learning language
• B)Language acquisition device, an innate mechanism that allows language to be acquired very rapidly
• C)A theory developed by B.F. Skinner that explains how language acquisition is based on reinforcement
• D)The growth spurt in vocabulary that occurs around 5 years of age
• E)Linguistic associative development

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Definitions:

Independent

Not influenced or controlled by others; in statistics, refers to variables that are not affected by the changes in other variables.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric around its mean, describing how values of a variable are dispersed or spread.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, showing how much each value in the set varies from the mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the count of numbers.