Behaviorist theory Is a collection of three perspectives:
Classical conditioning is the act of presenting two stimuli together as one that the
child is familiar with, such as an object the child sees regularly. For example: a round, sphere shaped object, and another
unfamiliar stimuli such as the word "ball". If this process is repeated multiple times, eventually the child should make the
connection that a round, sphere shaped object is a ball.
Operant conditioning runs on a reward and punishment basis. For example: If a child
sees a cat and says, "cat" the child should be rewarded for correctly identifing a cat. This can be done through verbal praise,
or in the form of a treat. However, if a child sees a cat and says, "dog" the child would be corrected of his mistake, not
given a treat, and probably told that it is not a dog, it is a cat.
Theory relates to nurtures influence on language development, because it uses environmental renforcers
to explain how a child's language is acquired, and how it evolves into the correct form used by society