Communication and Language Development

AP Psychology· difficulty 4/5

B.F. Skinner argued that language is acquired through

A
$Imitation of caregivers without any external feedback$
B
$Operant conditioning (reinforcement of utterances)$
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C
$Innate universal grammar (built-in syntactic structures)$
D
$Maturation of brain structures alone (without input)$

Explanation

Behaviorist view; criticized by Chomsky for failing to explain rapid language learning.

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