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Which one of the following statements is consistent with B. F. Skinner's view of language development?


A) "Children initially use language primarily in their interactions with other people, but increasingly they also use it to help them think more effectively."
B) "From a very early age, children are motivated to learn how to speak, because speech enables them to interact with other people and, ultimately, to get what they want."
C) "Although children can learn the specific vocabulary and syntax of their native language only by hearing the people around them speak it, they seem to have some built-in knowledge of the form that any language should take."
D) "To foster children's language development, parents and other adults praise them first for making speechlike sounds ('Da-da') , later for saying recognizable words ('More!') , and still later for forming understandable sentences ('Can I have candy?') ."

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