This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Language Acquisition > Language Acquisition Theories – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of parentese? A) Infant teaches parents to communicate. B) Parents teach infant to communicate. C) Infant teach infant to communicate. D) Parents ignore infant's error during communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parents teach infant to communicate. 2. "If I knowed the last bug I eated would be the last bug I eated, I woulda eated it slower" is an example of: A) Semantic undergeneralisation. B) Morphological undergeneralisation. C) Semantic overgeneralisation. D) Morphological overgeneralisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Morphological overgeneralisation. 3. Which theorist hypothesized that children are born with a language acquisition device? A) Piaget. B) Skinner. C) Vygotsky. D) Chomsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chomsky. 4. This stage is significantly longer, occurring between nine and eighteen months old. During this phase, the infant begins to learn and speak single words like "mama and dada" . A) Holophrastic. B) Pre-talking. C) Babbling. D) Multiword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holophrastic. 5. Single words or phrases that convey more complex messages are known as: A) Paralinguistic features. B) Holophrases. C) Telephrases. D) Phrasology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holophrases. 6. A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. A) Definition. B) Foundation. C) Principle. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theory. 7. CALP is often known as ..... or instructional language. A) Academic. B) Conversational. C) Survival. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Academic. 8. Motivation is part of the A) Natural Order Hypothesis. B) Filter Hypothesis. C) Monitor Hypothesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Filter Hypothesis. 9. How long should you spend on this question? A) 30 mins. B) 35 mins. C) 40 mins. D) 45 mins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 45 mins. 10. According to ..... cognitive skills are not innate A) Mentalism. B) Interactionism. C) Behaviourism. D) Congitivism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interactionism. 11. Children imitate adults. Their correct utterances are reinforced when they get what they want or are praised. A) Cognitive Theory. B) Innateness Theory. C) Behaviourist Theory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Behaviourist Theory. 12. ..... is commonly known as 'applying futures of a first language to the learning of a new language'. A) Transfer. B) Transition. C) Decoding. D) Mastery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transfer. 13. Who proposed the cognitive's theory by? A) Skinner. B) Piaget. C) Bruner. D) Vygotsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piaget. 14. Which of the following is voiceless? A) Z. B) K. C) G. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) K. 15. When children begin to form sentences but omit function words, this is called: A) Holophrastic. B) Two-word. C) Telegraphic. D) Multi-word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Telegraphic. 16. He is the proponent of the Behaviourist Theory. A) Piaget. B) Bruner. C) Skinner. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skinner. 17. In this stage people develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, and logically test hypotheses. A) Sensory-motor stage. B) Preoperational stage. C) Concrete operational. D) Formal operational stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formal operational stage. 18. At what stage do children start to learn about plurals and past tense? A) One word. B) Two word. C) Telegraphic. D) Post telegraphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Post telegraphic. 19. Which of this is an example of positive reinforcement? A) No, that's wrong. B) Say please. C) Ok, you can have some juice. D) When?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ok, you can have some juice. 20. What is the first pronoun children learn? A) I. B) Me. C) My. D) Mine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Me. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLanguage Acquisition Theories Quiz 1Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 2Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 3Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 4Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 6Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 7Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 8Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 9Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 10Language Acquisition Theories Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books