The behaviorist perspective emphasizes the role of “nurture” and considers a child’s learning to develop based on the stimuli, responses, and reinforcements that occur in their environment. According to the behaviorist theory, children are considered a “blank state” and learning occurs through associations established between stimuli, responses, and the events that occurred after the response behavior. The behaviorist theory suggests language is “taught” through situations encouraging children to imitate other people’s speech to develop associations between verbal stimuli. This theory also argues that positive reinforcement displayed towards a child’s verbal and non-verbal responses to language use directed them is responsible for their language