7. Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

According to Noam Chomsky, humans have an innate ability to understand and produce language through

Piaget noted that preschool children spent a great deal of time talking to themselves, even when playing together, and that the 'conversations' had nothing to do with the speech of the children around them. He called this process

Piaget theorized that _____ preceded and aided the development of _____.

Vygotsky believed that

Three-year-old Jamal is learning how to wait his turn to talk during circle time in preschool. Jamal is learning the _____ of language.