B.F. Skinner emphasized the importance of______in language acquisition.

Related Mcqs:

1. Phonemes are the smallest units of______in a spoken language; morphemes are the smallest units of_______in language.

   A. sound; syntax
   B. meaning; syntax
   C. syntax; meaning
   D. sound; meaning

2. Noam Chomsky has emphasized that the acquisition of language by children is facilitated by:

   A. the number of times they hear a given word
   B. their ability to imitate the words and grammar modeled by parents
   C. the positive reinforced that adults give children for speaking correctly
   D. an inborn readiness to learn grammatical rules

3. Skinner maintained that reinforcement determines the acquisition of a response; Bandura maintains that reinforcement determines the_______of a response.

   A. acquisition
   B. development
   C. performance
   D. generalization

4. The humanistic perspective emphasized the importance of:

   A. the self-reference phenomenon
   B. self-determination
   C. free association
   D. factor analysis

5. The language Acquisition Device was proposed by ______________?

   A. Piaget
   B. Bruner
   C. Kohler
   D. Chomsky

6. Watson argued that all behavior is composed of reflexive responses to stimuli, but Skinner later argued that behavior is determined ____________?

   A. patterns
   B. consequences of responses
   C. predictability of responses
   D. strength of responses

7. Which of the following learning mechanism does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

   A. classical conditioning
   B. operant conditioning
   C. observational learning
   D. insight learning

8. A pigeon in a Skinner box is pecking the disk at a high, steady rate. The graph portraying this pigeon’s responding will have:

   A. a steep, unchanging slope
   B. a shallow, unchanging slope
   C. a progressively steeper slope
   D. a progressively shallower slope

9. A man who explaining an individual’s aggressiveness, Skinner would look for:

   A. environmental factors that could promote aggression
   B. feelings of repressed hostility
   C. instinctual explanations
   D. early learning experiences and reinforcement history

10. Which of the following learning mechanisms does B.F. Skinner see as being the major means by which behavior is learned?

    A. classical conditioning
    B. operant conditioning
    C. observational learning
    D. insight learning