Editing Behaviorism (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Philosophy of education#Realism}}
B. F. Skinner's book ''[[Verbal Behavior]]'' (1957) does not quite emphasize on language development, but to understand human behavior. Additionally, his work serves in understanding social interactions in the child's early developmental stages focusing on the topic of caregiver-infant interaction.<ref name="McLaughlin 2010 114–131">{{Cite journal |last=McLaughlin |first=Scott F. |date=2010 |title=Verbal behavior by B.F. Skinner: Contributions to analyzing early language learning. |url=http://doi.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/h0100272 |journal=The Journal of Speech and Language Pathology – Applied Behavior Analysis |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=114–131 |doi=10.1037/h0100272 |issn=1932-4731|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Skinner's functional analysis of verbal behavior terminology and theories is commonly used to understand the relationship between language development but was primarily designed to describe behaviors of interest and explain the cause of those behaviors.<ref name="McLaughlin 2010 114–131" /> [[Noam Chomsky]], an American linguistic professor, has criticized and questioned Skinner's theories about the possible suggestion of parental tutoring in language development. However, there is a lack of supporting evidence where Skinner makes the statement.<ref name="McLaughlin 2010 114–131" /> Understanding language is a complex topic but can be understood through the use of two theories: innateness and acquisition. Both theories offer a different perspective whether language is inherently "acquired" or "learned".<ref>{{Citation |last=Ariew |first=André |title=INNATENESS |date=2007 |work=Philosophy of Biology |pages=567–584 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B9780444515438500265 |access-date=2023-12-09 |publisher=Elsevier |language=en |doi=10.1016/b978-044451543-8/50026-5 |isbn=978-0-444-51543-8|url-access=subscription }}</ref>