Children Produce Various Errors Like Overregularizations That They Would Not

question 38

Multiple Choice

Children produce various errors like overregularizations that they would not have heard from the adults or other models around them.Which theory of language acquisition is weakened by this evidence

• A) emergentist theory
• B) interactionist theory 
• C) behaviourist theory
• D) nativist theory

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Definitions:

Simulation

A method for implementing a model over time to study the behavior of a system or to analyze the implications of a complex process or strategy.

System-1 Thinking

Reactive thinking that relies heavily on situational cues, salient memories, and heuristic thinking to arrive quickly and confidently at judgments.

Analytical

Means that a person is habitually alert to potential problems and vigilant in anticipating consequences and trying to foresee short-term and long-term outcomes of events, decisions, and actions. “Foresightful” is another word for what “analytical” means here.

Deliberative

Involving careful consideration or discussion before making a decision.