Skinner's 1957 book Verbal Behavior was severely criticized by Noam Chomsky on the grounds that:

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Chomsky argued that Skinner's book did not account for the fact that humans are born with an innate ability to acquire language, including grammatical structures, which cannot be explained solely through environmental influences and conditioning. Chomsky's critique led to the development of the nativist theory of language acquisition, which holds that humans have an innate language acquisition device that allows us to learn language more easily and efficiently than other animals.

Skinner's 1957 Book Verbal Behavior Was Severely Criticized by Noam