According to Skinner's Theory of Language Acquisition,an Infant Learns to Say

question 156

Multiple Choice

According to Skinner's theory of language acquisition,an infant learns to say "ma-ma" in the presence of her mother because:

• A)this association is genetically built into the language acquisition device.
• B)the mother is an unconditioned stimulus that elicits this unconditioned response.
• C)speaking the word is intrinsically reinforcing.
• D)mothers provide reinforcement for utterances that sound more and more like "ma-ma."

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