Language Acquisition

Whose theory suggested that children aged 2-7 go through a transitional period they dubbed the "preoperational stage"?

• Vygotsky

• Piaget

• Bronfenbrenner

• Clay

Who conducted the Theory of Conservation experiments?

• Clay

• Freire

• Vygotsky

• Piaget

What age range is the linguistic stage?

• 0-5 months

• 6-9 months

• 10-12 months

• 13 months +

Match the following. Whose theory is whose?

• Clay

• This theory suggested that children are born with an innate ability to learn language.

• Piaget

• This theory suggested that children actively construct their understanding of the world through distinct stages

• Vygotsky

• This theory suggested that a child's development is shaped by their environment through a series of interconnected systems.

• Bronfenbrenner

• This theory suggested that children have zones of proximal development.

• Chomsky

• This theory suggested that reading and writing are complex problem-solving processes, and that children construct their own understanding of literacy.

Why was Piaget's tests on his theory of cognitive development biased?

• There were too many experiments.

• There was no control variable.

• The test subjects were his own children.

• The testing group was too large.

what is the stage people develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, and logically test hypotheses?

• Sensorimotor Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

Which component of language refers to the sound segments used to build words?

• Syntax

• Graphemes

• Phonology

• Morphology

What type of theory is a theory that looks at what is physically in the child's environment and what is around them?

• Constructivist

• Sociocultural

• Ecological

How many stages are there in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Which types of theories are these?

Groups:

(a) Constructivist

,

(b) Sociocultural

,

(c) Ecological

• Friere

• Bronfrenbrenner

• Frith

• Clay

• Piaget

• Vygotsky