Research on phonological development:
A) substantiates the behaviorist view that parents form the child's language and speech by reinforcing their attempts to communicate.
B) suggests that behaviorism accounts for the role of maturational processes in child development.
C) supports aspects of the behaviorist approach to explaining the adult's role in child phonemic skill development.
D) adopts the behaviorist approach to describing language knowledge and language development.

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Research on phonological development supports aspects of behaviorist approach in explaining the adult's role in child phonemic skill development. However, it also acknowledges the importance of maturational processes and other cognitive factors in child language development, which are not fully accounted for by behaviorism. Therefore, option A and D are incorrect. Option B is also incorrect as it suggests that behaviorism fully explains the role of maturational processes, which is not the case.

Research on Phonological Development