Six month old Will is babbling in his high chair. Whenever he babbles the sound "da-da," his mother claps her hands and responds, "Will, you said Daddy!" Will's mother is reinforcing him to repeat the same utterance over and over. Which type of language theorist would say that language is shaped through such reinforcement?

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Behaviorists believe that language is learned through reinforcement and imitation, as demonstrated by Will's mother reinforcing his babbling.

Six Month Old Will Is Babbling in His High Chair