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Linguistics Theories and Models - Quiz
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  • 1. Who is associated with Behaviorism?
A) Jean Piaget
B) Noam Chomsky
C) Burrhus Frederic Skinner
D) Lev Vygotsky
  • 2. According to Behaviorism, how is language learned?
A) Through dreams
B) Through imitation, practice, drills, and repetition
C) Through natural ability only
D) Through reading only
  • 3. What do learners develop according to Behaviorism?
A) Musical skills
B) Mathematical formulas
C) Language habits
  • 4. What is Operant Conditioning?
A) Learning without experience
B) Learning behavior through consequences
C) Learning through an inborn system
  • 5. In Classical Conditioning, what does a learner learn to do?
A) Create a new language system
B) Memorize every word immediately
C) Associate two unrelated stimuli
  • 6. Who is associated with Nativism/Innatism?
A) Ivan Pavlov
B) Noam Chomsky
C) Burrhus Frederic Skinner
D) Lev Vygotsky
  • 7. What does Nativism/Innatism say about language ability?
A) People cannot learn language naturally
B) People can learn language only through drills
C) People are born with a natural ability to learn language
D) People learn language only through punishment
  • 8. What does LAD stand for?
A) Language Ability Development
B) Language Activity Drill
C) Language Acquisition Device
  • 9. What does the LAD help children do?
A) Control their behavior
B) Learn Language
C) Oops Ooops Ooops
  • 10. Who is associated with Interactionism or Social Interaction Theory?
A) Lev Vygotsky
B) Robin Padilla
C) Dingdong Dantes
D) Jean Piaget
  • 11. According to Interactionism, language develops through the interaction of what?
A) Biological ability and the environment
B) Memory and sleep
C) Pwidi Peru Dipindi
D) Punishment and rewards only
  • 12. What helps a person's natural ability to learn language develop according to Interactionism?
A) Interaction with other people and surroundings
B) Avoiding Communication
C) Being completely alone
D) Memorizing without interaction
  • 13. Behaviorism says that learners develop language habits by copying what they hear and practicing it.
A) False
B) Pwidi Peru Dipindi
C) True
  • 14. Nativism/Innatism says that people have no natural ability to learn language.
A) False
B) True
  • 15. Which are connected with Behaviorism?
A) LAD
B) Imitation, Practice, Repetition
C) Interactionism
  • 16. Which theory focuses on language learning through interaction with other people and the environment?
A) Behaviorism
B) Nativism
C) Innatism
D) Interactionism
  • 17. Which theory focuses on an inborn ability to learn language?
A) Nativism/Innatism
B) Behaviorism
C) Classical Conditioning
D) Interactionism
  • 18. Which theory focuses on learned language habits?
A) Nativism/Innatism
B) Behaviorism
C) Interactionism
  • 19. Which pair is correctly matched?
A) Vygotsky — Behaviorism
B) BBM — Sara
C) Skinner — Behaviorism
D) Chomsky — Interactionism
  • 20. Which statement best summarizes Interactionism?
A) Language develops only because of the LAD.
B) Language develops through social interaction and the environment.
C) Language develops only through repetition.
D) Language develops without other people or surroundings.
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