key terms

Cards (6)

  • operant conditioning
    • the idea that reacting positivley or negativley can influence the way a child speaks
    • school of thought: behaviourisim
    • theorist: skinner
  • Poverty of the stimulus
    • the idea that the language which a child is exposed to is not sufficient to support all the development which occurs
    • school of thought: nativisim, Chomsky
  • Object permenance
    • an understanding that objects still exist when they cannot be seen
  • Zone of proximal development
    • the area inbetween what has already been learned and what is beyond reach
    • theorist: Vygostky
  • Critical period
    • Eric Lenneberg
    • a period of time when a child is more likely to learn a skill or language
  • Tabula rasa
    • blank slate
    • theorist- skinner