Which of the following hypotheses would a researcher investigate if they were seeking to provide evidence that supports the Innate Mechanism Theory?
A)
Wernicke's area, an area in the brain involved in the understanding of spoken language, shows more activity to speech than non-speech in newborn babies.
B)
The more complex the sentence a gorilla named Melissa creates, the more activity occurs in a specific brain region, thought to be the language acquisition device in primates.
C)
Infants are better able to recognize phonemes from an unfamiliar language through universal phoneme sensitivity if they performed imitation to speak their first several words.
D)
The frequency of overextensions and underextensions in developing children is dependent on the frequency of reinforcement in operant conditioning.
Answer: A