4.+Objections




 * Noam Chomsky wrote a scathing review in response to Skinner’s book //Verbal Behavior//. He argued that language cannot be completely explained by operant conditioning or imitation because some bad language and poor grammar is not reinforced. So that means that some basic language skills are born in the mind (innate). Meaning that Language is a balance of both nature and nurture (Goldstein, 2011).

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 * Behaviorism as a whole rejects anything to do with the mind and does not find it to be an appropriate subject to be studied. Because of that behaviorism only focuses on observable behavior. However there is an argument that it is necessary to consider how the mind works based off behavior. In the end to focus on nature and nurture, not just nature (Goldstein, 2011).


 * Some people of the public believed that the Baby-Tender was eerily similar to Skinner’s box. Because of this association some people thought he was experimenting on children and gave bad reviews, despite the crib was considered to be better than a traditional crib (McConnell, 2010).