Child Development and Pedagogy · Behaviorist Theory of Language Acquisition
According to the behaviorist B. F. Skinner, language acquisition primarily occurs through which of the following mechanisms?
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- 1Social scaffolding within the zone of proximal development
- 2Biological maturation and sensory exploration
- 3Operant conditioning involving reinforcement and imitation✓
- 4Innate cognitive structures and universal grammar
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Operant conditioning involving reinforcement and imitation
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