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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    In his review of Skinner’s (1957) book on behaviourism and language learning, Chomsky (1959) argued that

    operant conditioning is inefficient because it relies on imitation

    children acquire a good deal of their verbal behavior by imitating adults

    children do not rely on imitation in the acquisition of verbal behavior

    the acquisition of verbal behavior depends on operant conditioning

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    Studies of imitation have shown that ______.

    both parents and children imitate one another, but parental imitations are more accurate

    children frequently imitate grammatical rules incorrectly and therefore require correction

    children use imitation to improve the accuracy in reproducing grammatical rules

    both parents and children imitate each other frequently

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    The most useful term for describing the linguistic input to the language learning child is ______.

    motherese

    infant-directed speech

    child-directed speech

    caregiver speech

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