Theory Limitations

Question 1

Behaviourism

Answer 1

Parents do not say, “I breaked glass” or “I fighted my toy soldiers”; the behaviourist’s theory cannot account for children’s invention of language.

Question 2

Behaviourism limit 2

Answer 2

Children find meaning and truth more important than grammatical correctness, whereas parents focus on correct use of grammar.
Child: I putted the plates on the table.
Mother: You mean, I put the plates on the table.
Child: No, I putted them on all by myself.

Question 3

Piaget

Answer 3

The theory fails to explain why some children with very limited
cognitive capabilities are linguistically fluent.!