Piaget’s ________ is the interpretation of experience by means of existing schemes

Which of the following best demonstrates that the expression of some emotions is hard-wired (innate)?

A) The emotional state of infants is clear before they learn to speak. B) People can recognize the emotions of others within their social group by reading their facial expressions. C) Inducing people to smile makes them feel better. D) People who have been blind and deaf since birth smile when happy.

Pinker, in a book entitled The Language Instinct, refers to three year old children

as (a) in the beginnings of the language stage (b) grammatical geniuses (c) linguistically challenged (d) at about the same level of development as Washoe