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Behaviourism

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Behaviourism

The theory of behaviourism is often accredited to B. F. Skinner. Skinner says that a child learns language based on positive and negative reinforcement of ideas.

Examples

Examples

  • For example, when a child correctly calls a dog, a dog, the caregiver may say something positive like ‘yes, that’s the dog’ to reinforce the idea.
  • Similarly, when an incorrect utterance is produced, like the child calling a dog a cat, the caregiver may say something negative, like ‘no, that’s not a cat, it’s a dog’. Tone of voice and paralinguistic features will often assist with this.
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Children's Language Development

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Stages of Development

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Theories of Language Development

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Grammatical Constructions

Interactionism