Behaviorism. Basic names and stages

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BEHAVIORISM Is based on the proposition that behavior can be researched

BEHAVIORISM

Is based on the proposition that behavior can be researched scientifically

without recourse to inner mental states
originated at the end of the 19th century in the US
analyzes human behavior
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BASIC NAMES AND STAGES

BASIC NAMES AND STAGES

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VERBAL BEHAVIOR viewing a language from the position of an external

VERBAL BEHAVIOR

viewing a language from the position of an external observer;

studying Indian languages
speech ~ verbal behavior
B. F. Skinner: “Verbal behavior”, 1957
Thorndike’s reinforcement theory
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CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Main mechanisms: imitation, repetition, practice. Success factors: quality

CHILD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Main mechanisms: imitation, repetition, practice.
Success factors: quality and quantity

of heard language, regularity of the reinforcement.
Things to explain: mistakes, language creativity, understanding of the language structures.
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DESCRIPTIVISM Leonard Bloomfield The central method: study of the distribution of

DESCRIPTIVISM

Leonard Bloomfield
The central method: study of the distribution of linguistic units.

the

speaker's out-of-speech stimulus - their speech reaction –
the speech stimulus of the listener - the extra-verbal reaction of the listener
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KEY TENETS Only the directly observed phenomena can be the object

KEY TENETS

Only the directly observed phenomena can be the object of

scientific researches.
Speech is a form of behavior.
Behavior is subject to the stimulus-response formula. The connection between stimulus and reaction can be reinforced.
Behavior can be predicted and influenced by changing stimuli and reinforcements.
Child language acquisition occurs through reinforcement and depends on external factors.