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