Practice Quiz 9 - Language

Which theory suggests that humans have an innate ability to acquire language?

• Nativist Theory

• Social Learning Theory

• Behaviorist Theory

• Connectionist Theory

• Structuralist Theory

Who proposed the idea of a "Language Acquisition Device" in humans?

• B.F. Skinner

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Rogers

• Noam Chomsky

• William James

What term describes the smallest unit of meaning in a language?

• Syntax

• Phoneme

• Morpheme

• Lexeme

• Semantics

Which theory posits that the best example of a category is stored in memory?

• Prototype Theory

• Nativist Theory

• Linguistic Relativity

• Behaviorist Theory

• Exemplar Theory

Who introduced the concept of "family resemblance" in categorization?

• Benjamin Whorf

• Steven Pinker

• Noam Chomsky

• Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Eleanor Rosch

Which theory argues that all examples that fit in a category are stored in memory?

• Linguistic Relativity

• Nativist Theory

• Behaviorist Theory

• Exemplar Theory

• Prototype Theory

What is the term for the rules that dictate the order and combination of words to form sentences?

• Syntax

• Phonology

• Morphology

• Semantics

• Pragmatics

What is the hypothesis that language influences thought and perception?

• Linguistic Relativity

• Exemplar Theory

• Nativist Theory

• Behaviorist Theory

• Prototype Theory

What term describes the social, cultural, and emotional rules of language use?

• Phonology

• Semantics

• Syntax

• Morphology

• Pragmatics

Who argued that language learning can be explained through operant conditioning?

• William James

• Noam Chomsky

• Sigmund Freud

• B.F. Skinner

• Carl Rogers