You Are Having a Conversation with Your Psychology Professor and She

question 130

Multiple Choice

You are having a conversation with your psychology professor and she proposes that children acquire language the same way they learn everything else, through reinforcement and other established principles of conditioning. Which of the following theorists would MOST likely agree with her assertions?

• A)David Premack
• B)B. F. Skinner
• C)Steven Pinker
• D)Noam Chomsky

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