The main tenet of this theory relates to the analyses of human behavior in terms of observable
stimulus-response interaction and the association
particularly as developed in the operant
conditioning model of Skinner
in this view language development is an issue of conditioning via practice, imitation, reinforcement, and
habituation,
It also has had enormous impacts on many teaching methods, for instance, Audio-lingual Method, Total
Physical Response, and Silent Way represent the behaviorist view of language. 3.
Neo Behaviorist
Neo-behaviorists added concepts including thought and mental processes in their analysis of human behavior,
and consequently the issue of meaning was of dominant requirement in the clarification of human language
performance
This model which relates stimulus-response events through internal mediating processes was known as
'meditational’ approach and was greatly attributed to Osgood.