Theories of Language Development
- Created by: Megabyte
- Created on: 12-05-14 20:27
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Skinner (1957)
- Language is acquired through imitation (repeating what they hear) and reinforcement (recieving praise from caregivers)
- Children learn specific pronunciations by copying - important to phonological development
Problems...
* Children do construct their own sentences without copying
* Can't memorise everything they hear
* Doesn't explain overgeneralisations, adults don't make these mistakes!
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