Six month old Will is babbling in his high chair. Whenever he babbles the sound "da-da," his
mother claps her hands and responds, "Will, you said Daddy!" Will's mother is reinforcing him
to repeat the same utterance over and over.
Which type of language theorist would say that
language is shaped through such reinforcement?
a. Nativist
b. Interactionist
c. Behaviorist
d. Linguist
c. Behaviorist
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a. ?was destroyed by the Gestapo in World War II b. ?is still in existence but serves solely as a historical attraction c. ?is still a productive research facility d. ?was destroyed by allied bombing raids in World War II e. ?was destroyed in World War II but rebuilt as a historical museum
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a. reward network b. social network c. executive control network d. prefrontal cortex
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A) facial-feedback hypothesis B) Cannon-Bard theory C) cognitive-dissonance theory D) frustration/aggression hypothesis
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What will be an ideal response?