AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Chomsky believes that language is biologically inherited whereas Skinner’s theory is based on how a child learns how to talk through the use of positive reinforcement from adults who already speak a language fluently.

Detailed explanation-2: -B. F. Skinner believed that children learn language through operant conditioning; in other words, children receive “rewards” for using language in a functional manner.

Detailed explanation-3: -Chomsky claims that Skinner has underestimated the complexity of the problem, and in particular the complexity of the organism being studied (for evidence of this, see point 2): It is important to see clearly just what it is in Skinner’s program and claims that makes them appear so bold and remarkable.

Detailed explanation-4: -Universal Grammar (UG) is a theoretical concept proposed by Noam Chomsky (not without criticism or controversy from scholars in the scientific community) that the human brain contains an innate mental grammar that helps humans acquire language.