Nine-month-old Dason is repeating the sounds made by adults around him. A behaviorist would explain this process of language acquisition as being consistent with the __________ viewpoint, because Dason is learning through __________.
A. nurture; reinforcement
B. nurture; imitation
C. nature; imitation
D. nature; association
Answer: B
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