Describe Noam Chomsky's theory of language development

What will be an ideal response?

Linguist Noam Chomsky believed that language is a unique human accomplishment, etched into the structure of the brain. His nativist theory reasoned that the rules of sentence organization are too complex to be directly taught to or discovered by even a cognitively sophisticated young child. Rather, he proposed that all children have a language acquisition device (LAD), an innate system that contains a universal grammar, or set of rules common to all languages. It enables children, no matter which language they hear, to understand and speak in a rule-oriented fashion as soon as they pick up enough words.

Psychology

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Discuss cognitive advancements that occur during Piaget's preoperational stage as well as his

theorized limitations. Provide one example of how he assessed these limitations. What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

"A physical wound or internal injury to the brain" defines a(n) ____

a. infarction c. traumatic brain injury b. diaschisis d. cerebrovascular accident or stroke

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