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    Behaviourism Psychological Theories Operant Conditioning Operant Conditioning is a type of learning which is modified due to the consequences of something that happens. This learning theory is based around a theory created by Skinner. Skinner invented a chamber where he kept pigeons and rats. In order for his theory to be successful the animals had to perform simple responses‚ Skinner recorded their responses by a graph monitor‚ the details that he recorded were how many times they responded correctly

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    CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE This chapter comprises six main sections that summarize the theoretical and empirical knowledge base regarding second language development and academic achievement in a second language. At the end of each main section‚4 there is a summary synthesizing studies and highlighting key findings relevant to the present study. The first section reviews selected second language acquisition theories that reflect representative‚ current trends in the field and provide a

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    those theories. There are many theorists that have influenced the way we look at children’s learning‚ across a period of many years. The theorists that are going to be mentioned are Jerome Bruner‚ B F Skinner‚ Lev Vygotsky‚ Noam Chomsky‚ Albert Bandura and Jean Piaget. Lev Vygotsky‚ Jerome Bruner‚ and Albert Bandura all form what is known as a social constructivist view. This has its disadvantages and advantages‚ as do all the other models. The main advantages of the social constructivist view

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    born‚ naturally we expect the child to start using words at about 12months old. Chomsky (1959‚ cited in Barbara woods‚ 1997) argues that this was possible because children are born with a language acquisition device; this means that humans have an inbuilt mechanism to help them recognise and speak languages. He also said that human being has got innate abilities which help us make sense of language and use it. Vygotsky (1894 –1934‚ cited in Berk‚ 2009) on the other hand believed that language development

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    The main theories in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) 1. Introduction The language produced by learners learning a second language is extremely varied. It can range from one learner to another in regard to many factors. These variations can be accounted for by a number of ideas including: first language (L1) interface‚ age differences‚ motivation‚ self-confidence‚ aptitude‚ anxiety‚ gender and social distance. In this essay I will define SLA and then outline five of the main linguistic theories

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    change occurs in steps C. Maturation falls into Nature versus Nurture because it is biological Readiness. If your body is not ready to do something it will not happen. 7. Language- Speaking Natisist versus Behaviorist‚ Skinner is a behaviorist‚ Chomsky is Natisits Learning- Relatively permanent change in behavior Temperament- Biological Disposition Innate- Biological Genetics Growth- Increase in size of organism‚ and of its parts 8.

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    [pic] Name: Estefania Espergue Date: Thursday 27 September Review of "The Talk of the Child" by Jerome Bruner: "... Their issues relate to the way the child acquires the uses of their native language ... the emphasis is on pragmatic‚ in learning how to do things with words

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    Chap. 9 Psychological Assessment: The use of specified procedures to evaluate abilities‚ behaviors and personal qualities‚ measurement of individual differences because the majority of assessments specify how an individual is different from or similar to other people on a given dimension Sir Francis Galton: Hereditary genius in 1869‚ Galton’s Ideas of Intelligence: Differences are quantifiable‚ Differences form a bell shaped curve or normal distribution‚ Intelligence(mental ability) can be measure

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    Psychology 244 Instructor: L.J. Harris PSYCHOLOGY 244 FINAL EXAMINATION Spring‚ 2012 Study Guide Organization of Examination and Samples of Questions that could be made into Multiple-Choice and True-False Questions All questions will come from the lectures and the assigned chapters and parts of chapters in the text. The questions will be organized (as shown below) into the same main headings and subheadings used in the Lecture Notes‚ although some subheadings are different

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