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Concepts and Views of the Nativist Theory
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Nativists assert that some concepts, beliefs, or capacities are innate or inborn: "native" to
the mind rather than acquired.
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Nativists insist that some learning tasks require special kinds of skills, and these skills are
hard-wired into our brains at birth.
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Nativists view children as being biologically predisposed for learning language
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