WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Development of Children and Adolescents (With Complete Solution) Piaget - Believed we learn from interaction with peers and environment Preconventional - All about me Conventional - All about rules or laws Postconventional - All about others Kohlberg - Stages of Moral Development- Preconventional, Conventional, Postconventional Chomsky - Theory of Universal Grammar- Innate/Biological Babbling- 6 to 8 months - Consonant-vowel combinations (ba-ba, ma-ma) Holophrastic- 9 to 18 months - Single words represent a sentence (up, juice, mine) Two-Word- 18 to 24 months - Mini sentences (doggy bark, me play) Telegraphic- 24 to 30 months - Vocabulary increases. Use mostly nouns and verbs, omits auxiliary words (Carrie want ball, I good boy today)- early multiword stage Later multiword stage- 30+ months - 5+ word sentences, fastest vocabulary increase. Sentences formed with improving grammar, structureSkinner - Operant conditioning and language development- children learn language based on reinforcement Operant Conditioning and Language Development - Children learn language based on reinforcement, learn language through imitating, prompting, shaping, they associate words with meanings, correct utterances are positively reinforced- Skinner Vygotsky - Social approach to language development Social Approach to Language Development - language develops through social interactions, children need interpersonal interactions,