Describe BF Skinner’s view of how human language abilities are learned from the environment. Describe Noam Chomsky’s view of how human language abilities depend upon inborn brain biology.
Nature vs nurture
Begin with a brief description of the nature/nurture issue.
Describe BF Skinner’s view of how human language abilities are learned from the environment.
Describe Noam Chomsky’s view of how human language abilities depend upon inborn brain biology.
How would Erik Turkheimer, the author of the assigned reading, view this issue? What would be the most accurate scientific viewpoint about this topic?
The debate focused on language. Provide an example of another area of psychology in which functions are both learned and inborn. How should we most accurately think about the contributions of nature/nurture for this particular function?