Theories
Child’s responsiveness to environment and social connectedness (social-emotional engagement) determines WHAT is relevant to learn/the motivation to learn and cognitive work to acquire language is the HOW → acquisition
Intentionality model (Bloom & Tinker, 2001)
Which researcher would agree most with this quote: "Play is the work of children"?
Piaget, 1954
Cognitive-constructionist theory: play is the means by which children learn about the world
Focus on sensorimotor stages [not to be confused with cognitive sequence below] of development in language evaluations, assessing skills such as object permanence, causality, means-end behavior, play skills?
(Piaget, 1954): Cognitive-Constructivist Theory
Citation for social-interactionist theory
(Vygotsky, 1962)
Which language learning theory is the rationale for PECS training?
Behaviorism (B.F. Skinner, 1957)
Language is primarily a tool for forming social connections and communicating ideas
Social-Interactionist Theory (Vygotsky, 1962)
Which researcher would agree that language is a skill that we are born with and would likely deem SLPs as disposable?
Noam Chomsky (1957, 1980)
Observation of behavior; data-driven, quantitative assessment; the use of formal, standardized tests
Behaviorism: (B.F. Skinner, 1957)
Citation for intentionality model
(Bloom & Tinker, 2001)
Which language learning theory is the rationale for script training? (Two are acceptable when this approach is considered a hybrid approach)
Behaviorism (B.F. Skinner, 1957)
Social-Interactionist Theory (Vygotsky, 1962)
All behavior is learned through rewards and punishments and language is one of those behaviors
Behaviorism (B.F. Skinner, 1957)
Which researcher would be most likely to support the use of behavior modification techniques (e.g., shaping and reinforcement) to teach language?
(Skinner, 1957)
Assessment: Language sampling to determine knowledge of rules of grammar, syntax, MLU was an outgrowth of this movement
Nativism: Noam Chomsky (1957, 1980)
Citation for Behaviorism
(Skinner, 1957)
Rationale for "It Takes Two to Talk" and "More than Words"
Social-Interactionist Theory (Vygotsky, 1962)
Humans have an innate capacity and special brain mechanisms for language
Nativist Approach: Noam Chomsky (1957, 1980)
Which researcher has objectively the best hair?
B.F. Skinner :)
Tx = Expanding the repertoire of language intervention goals to pre-linguistic and nonlinguistic domains of communication and recognizing all pragmatics as potential targets of therapy
Social-Interactionist Theory (Vygostky, 1962)
Citation for cognitive-constructionist theory
(Piaget, 1954)
Intentionality Model (Bloom&Tinker, 2001): Children's intentions (e.g., goal-directed actions, as well as cognitive representation of objects, contribute to their development***)