alleryWho wrote Verbal Behavior (1957), explaining language through reinforcement?
ANoam Chomsky
BJean Piaget
CB.F. Skinner
DLev Vygotsky
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. B.F. Skinner
1. Behaviourists said language is learned through operant conditioning.
2. B.F. Skinner developed this view in Verbal Behavior (1957).
3. Chomsky criticised it in 1959, and Piaget and Vygotsky held different views.
**Why not the others:** Chomsky criticised Skinner's book, and Piaget and Vygotsky are cognitive and social theorists.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Language acquisition", section "History" (revision 1375526787)_
Keep practising Learning and Acquisition
Browse all Learning and Acquisition questions for CTET, or explore more Language I topics.
Related questions
Which learner is most at risk of fossilization?Which task best lets a learner use the Monitor?Second-language acquisition is the learning of a language other than one's:Adults with perfect grammar keep a foreign accent because:A speaker checks every grammar rule, making talk very slow. This is:A learner uses "-ing" right, drops it, then fixes it. This shows:A large school vocabulary is best built through:Unlike basic grammar, vocabulary keeps growing: