Skinner-Behaviourist Theorist Flashcards
1
Q
What did Skinner say?
A
He believed language was learned through positive and negative reinforcement
2
Q
What is Skinner’s conditioning called?
A
Operant Conditioning
3
Q
What was Skinner’s theory criticised for?
A
Chomsky stated that if children learnt through imitation, then how and why do they make mistakes that are not present in language of adults