Mrs. Bond seldom corrects her 4-year-old's grammatical errors, such as "Her drinked my milk." However, she is careful to correct factual errors, such as "Tiger ate his milk." Which of the following theories would be inconsistent with this example assuming Mrs. Bond's child develops normal language skills?

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The behavioural view of language development focuses on the learning of language through reinforcement and shaping of correct responses. Mrs. Bond's approach of correcting factual errors but not grammatical errors is consistent with this view. The other theories, including the nativist view which suggests that language acquisition is largely innate and the transformational theory which emphasizes the rules and structure of language, would likely advocate for more consistent correction of grammatical errors.

Mrs Bond Seldom Corrects Her 4-Year-Old's Grammatical Errors, Such as "Her