From the Textbook's Perspective, What Is a Key Advantage of Developing

question 36

Multiple Choice

From the textbook's perspective, what is a key advantage of developing schemas and scripts?

• A) They reduce the amount of information we need to acquire in order to make sense of a situation.
• B) They increase the likelihood that we will perceive a situation accurately.
• C) They enable us to bypass working memory and store information directly in long-term memory.
• D) They decrease the need for meaningful learning.

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Definitions:

Language-Acquisition Device (LAD)

Hypothetical module of the human mind posited by Noam Chomsky to account for the innate predisposition of children to acquire language.

Neural System

The network of nerve cells and fibers that transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body, including the brain and spinal cord.

Fast Mapping

A cognitive process by which children rapidly learn the meaning of a word after just a few exposures, contributing significantly to vocabulary growth.

Overextension

A language error, common in early child language acquisition, where a child applies a word too broadly to objects or actions that don't fit the word's meaning.