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ssal

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Noam Chomsky:
 
  a) proposed that language can be accounted for solely based on S-R principles.
   b) sharply criticized Skinner's view of language learning.
   c) proposed that language learning is dependent on automatic self-reinforcement.
   d) saw no need for the concept of mental representations in explaining language.

Question 2

In explaining how a rat learns to navigate a maze to get food, behaviorists would be extremely unlikely to include which of these phrases in their accounts?
 
  a. the rat knows
  b. the rat runs
  c. reinforcement strengthens
  d. stimulus-response connection


Heffejeff

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c


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