The Fact That Parents Are Remarkably Forgiving of All Sorts

question 82

Multiple Choice

The fact that parents are remarkably forgiving of all sorts of peculiar constructions and meaning in their children's speech is evidence against which theory of language development?

• A) imitation
• B) reinforcement
• C) innateness
• D) constructivist
• E) psychoanalytic

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