Skinner-Behaviourist Theorist Flashcards

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What did Skinner say?

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He believed language was learned through positive and negative reinforcement

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What is Skinner’s conditioning called?

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Operant Conditioning

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What was Skinner’s theory criticised for?

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Chomsky stated that if children learnt through imitation, then how and why do they make mistakes that are not present in language of adults

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