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To: koan who wrote (67195)	4/16/2018 9:17:28 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 359689

>> If a five year old child lived in a household that spoke five languages, they will learn all five without trying. That is true for some. But I know many children who, at five, have yet be able to communicate adequately in a single language. It depends on many factors. The child, the environment, parents and siblings, etc. You must also be cautious about extending that concept to other types of learning. As both Skinner and Chomsky have actually agreed upon, language is a special category of learning unlike any other. Skinner's excellent text, Verbal Behavior, not only provides this information but develops systems and metrics for measurement. There are plenty of highly intelligent children on the autism spectrum whose language or other verbal development is limited to a small number of symbols.

To: koan who wrote (67195)	4/17/2018 8:08:32 AM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 359689

You just are not going to quit the right wing clap trap are you? No I post data from multiple real studies, you mostly rely on one older on if you bother to bring real data in to this issue at all. The reason, stimulus in the rich kids homes! 1 - At 5. The point is having things last. 2 - In their homes, different factor than in school. 3 - Rich people are on the average smarter than non-rich people. That's one of the reasons they get rich. It does not always work that way, you have very intelligent people who are very poor and idiots who are rich, but its a real tendency. Intelligence is partially due to genetics, in fact there is some evidence that once you get to the point of a decent environment (no serious nutrition deficiency, some degree of stimulus, no accidents or abuse that would cause brain damage etc.) that its mostly genetic. If a five year old child lived in a household that spoke five languages A rather extreme corner case don't you think?