Alexander: Attempt 1 3) Early cognitive development depends on language 4) There

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Alexander: Attempt 1 3) Early cognitive development depends on language 4) There is no relationship between language and cognition Save Question 5 (1 point) Which of the following statements best describes a major conclusion of the research study conducted by Hart and Risley (1995)? 1) Parents have little impact on the vocabulary development of their child. 2) African-American children have a poorer vocabulary than white children. 3) Children from higher socioeconomic groups had a larger vocabulary. ?4) There is no relation between social class and language interaction. Save Question 6 (1 point) 26

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Ans 5. (3)

Hart and Risley argued that the vocabulary size of low socio-economic children is smaller than that of high socioeconomic children. They observed that the vocabulary grows by listening more and more and high socio-economic families speak a lot with their children as compared to low socio-economic families.

Ans 6.(1)

According to behaviourists language can be developed by observation. They believe that language is spoken in response to stimuli. B.F. Skinner is the best-known behaviourist. For Skinner, the children are conditioned by their environment to respond to certain stimuli with language. When children speak the language of their parents they are rewarded and in turn become more skilful.

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