Which description accurately reflects the behaviorist view of language development?

a. Infants are pre-wired to naturally say word sounds, which are reinforced by parents, causing the infant to say more word sounds.
b. Parents cuddle infants and verbalize, and when the infants babble word sounds, parents give positive feedback, causing infants to say more word sounds.
c. Infants create word sounds by observing parents talking to each other and picking up word cues from these conversations, which they then imitate.
d. Parents use gestures to show affection to infants, which these children convert into word sounds.


b. Parents cuddle infants and verbalize, and when the infants babble word sounds, parents give positive feedback, causing infants to say more word sounds.

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