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Linguistics Theories and Models
Contributed by: Icalla
  • 1. Who is associated with Behaviorism?
A) Burrhus Frederic Skinner
B) Lev Vygotsky
C) Jean Piaget
D) Noam Chomsky
  • 2. According to Behaviorism, how is language learned?
A) Through imitation, practice, drills, and repetition
B) Through dreams
C) Through natural ability only
D) Through reading only
  • 3. What do learners develop according to Behaviorism?
A) Mathematical formulas
B) Language habits
C) Musical skills
  • 4. What is Operant Conditioning?
A) Learning through an inborn system
B) Learning without experience
C) Learning behavior through consequences
  • 5. In Classical Conditioning, what does a learner learn to do?
A) Memorize every word immediately
B) Create a new language system
C) Associate two unrelated stimuli
  • 6. Who is associated with Nativism/Innatism?
A) Burrhus Frederic Skinner
B) Noam Chomsky
C) Ivan Pavlov
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 learn language only through punishment
D) People are born with a natural ability to learn language
  • 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) Learn Language
B) Oops Ooops Ooops
C) Control their behavior
  • 10. Who is associated with Interactionism or Social Interaction Theory?
A) Dingdong Dantes
B) Jean Piaget
C) Robin Padilla
D) Lev Vygotsky
  • 11. According to Interactionism, language develops through the interaction of what?
A) Punishment and rewards only
B) Memory and sleep
C) Pwidi Peru Dipindi
D) Biological ability and the environment
  • 12. What helps a person's natural ability to learn language develop according to Interactionism?
A) Memorizing without interaction
B) Being completely alone
C) Avoiding Communication
D) Interaction with other people and surroundings
  • 13. Behaviorism says that learners develop language habits by copying what they hear and practicing it.
A) True
B) Pwidi Peru Dipindi
C) False
  • 14. Nativism/Innatism says that people have no natural ability to learn language.
A) False
B) True
  • 15. Which are connected with Behaviorism?
A) Interactionism
B) Imitation, Practice, Repetition
C) LAD
  • 16. Which theory focuses on language learning through interaction with other people and the environment?
A) Interactionism
B) Behaviorism
C) Innatism
D) Nativism
  • 17. Which theory focuses on an inborn ability to learn language?
A) Behaviorism
B) Nativism/Innatism
C) Classical Conditioning
D) Interactionism
  • 18. Which theory focuses on learned language habits?
A) Interactionism
B) Nativism/Innatism
C) Behaviorism
  • 19. Which pair is correctly matched?
A) BBM — Sara
B) Skinner — Behaviorism
C) Chomsky — Interactionism
D) Vygotsky — Behaviorism
  • 20. Which statement best summarizes Interactionism?
A) Language develops only because of the LAD.
B) Language develops only through repetition.
C) Language develops through social interaction and the environment.
D) Language develops without other people or surroundings.
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