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Skinner would likely support which statement? Language development is the result of nature. Regardless of experience with language, children will achieve fluency. Rewarding children for imitating language supports language development. The brain dictates the age at which children achieve language milestones.

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I just took the quiz, "Rewarding children for imitating language supports language development." is correct. :)

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B. F. Skinner is a figure that popularized a term known in the Behaviorism school of thought as operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a process of learning where desirable behaviors exhibited by organism would be strengthened if reinforcement is given, and undesirable ones can be eliminated by giving punishments.

Based on this definition, Skinner would most likely endorse the view in option (C) rewarding children for imitating language supports language development.

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