TESOL Methodology Quiz - 2

Which branch of psychology focuses on observable actions and stimulus-response methods?

• Generative linguistics

• Constructivism

• Behavioral psychology

• Cognitive psychology

What is the main goal of Classical Conditioning in the classroom?

• To decrease behavior by presenting something unpleasant

• To associate positive emotional experiences with learning

• To remove something pleasant after a behavior

• To control behavior by consequences

What is the main focus of Generative Linguistics?

• Logical relationships between things

• Social interactions

• Learning through habit-forming processes

• Creating an unlimited number of sentences

According to Constructivism, how is knowledge built?

• By sharing and communicating with each other

• Through repetition and reinforcement

• By removing something pleasant after a behavior

• By giving positive feedback for correct usage

In the constructivist classroom, what is the central process of class activities?

• Repetition and reinforcement

• Detailed explanations of grammar points

• Cooperative learning

• Pattern practice

1. Human perception and learning has to do with ...

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

• Behaviorism

2. Generative linguistics is when ...

• learning focuses on social interactions and the discovery or construction of meaning

• learning focuses on social interactions and the discovery of meaning through stimulus and response

• we learn a language through understanding the rules, and answering the questions why is something formed in a particular way through logic/reason/exploration/inference

3. Behavioral psychology led to ...

• sociolinguistics

• generative linguistics

• structural linguistics

4. Operant conditioning is ...

• giving something pleasant after a behavior

• a type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences

• taking away something unpleasant as a result of the behavior that is acceptable

5. It is used to decrease a behavior and is removing something pleasant after the behavior

• negative reinforcement

• negative punishment

• positive punishment