1. The Nature or Nurture Debate
On one hand psychologists such as Noam Chomsky with his child language acquisition theory can be paralleled to the philosophic nativist theory, while behaviorist psychologists can be strictly related to the nurture vision of empiricist philosophers, such as John Watson with his "Little Albert Experiment". ... Chomsky believes that every child has his own "Language Acquisition Device" also known as LAD, which has the role to inscribe the basic principles and grammar structures of any language into the child's brain. In this scenario, children in order to gain a complete...
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