Among the theories of how grammatical development takes place, one holds that children have a special language-making capacity
A) based on innate knowledge of grammatical categories.
B) that determines much of a child's cognitive development.
C) directed by illocutionary intent.
D) that supports the discovery of grammatical regularities.
D
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Brad is in an electronics store with his parents. He looks at the CDs and thinks for a moment that he could grab one and put it beneath his coat. As he considers this possibility, he decides not to do it because he might get caught and his parents would punish him. What stage of moral development does Brad's decision represent?
a) preoperational b) preconventional c) autonomous moral principles d) conventional role conformity
According to Piaget's theory, the stages of cognitive development
(a) appear in an orderly, predictable sequence (b) appear at the same age in every child (c) can appear at any time (d) can be discovered and demonstrated by having the child "perform" certain actions, as if the child were on a stage (e) all of the above