Children's grammatical errors are often unique and children never hear adults making the mistakes they make. This evidence is counter to which theory?
A) Behaviorist Theories
B) Nativist Theories
C) Social Interactionist Theories
D) Connectionist Theories

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Behaviorist theories suggest that children learn language through imitation and reinforcement, but the fact that children make unique grammatical errors that they have not heard from adults contradicts this view, indicating that language learning is not solely based on imitation.

Children's Grammatical Errors Are Often Unique and Children Never Hear