Theoretical Perspectives

1. behaviorist

1.1. emphasiize the role of nurture and consider learning to occur based on the stimuli,respones, and reinforcements that occur in the environment

2. nativist

2.1. emphasizes inborn or innate human capabilities as being responisble for language development

3. cognitive developmentalist

3.1. is based in the work of Jean Piaget

4. interactionist

4.1. focuses on the primary role of social culture interaction in children's development of language knowledge