About Behaviorism, Chapter 6: Verbal Behavior, Quote 11

“A child does seem to acquire a verbal repertoire at an amazing speed, but we should not overestimate the accomplishment or attribute it to invented linguistic capacities. A child may “learn to use new word” as the effect of a single reinforcement, but it learns to do nonverbal things with comparable speed.” (p. 111)

 

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