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Psychological models often assume that young children learn words and concepts bymeansof associative learning mechanisms, without the need to posit any innate predispositions. For example, Smith, Jones, and Landau (1996) propose that children learn concepts by hearing specific linguistic frames while viewing specific object properties. The environment provides all the information that children need; the conjunction of sights and sounds is proposed to be sufficient to enable children [Book Review]
In Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence & Stephen P. Stich (eds.), The Innate Mind: Structure and Contents. New York, US: Oxford University Press USA. pp. 1--198 (2005)
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