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6. Who believes that humans have an inbuilt capacity to acquire language?

  • Nativist
  • Behaviourist
  • Social Interactionist
  • Cognitive

7. Who believes in 'universal grammar' and that learning takes place through LAD?

  • Jean Piaget
  • Noam Chomsky
  • Lev Vygotsky
  • B.F. Skinner

8. What theory does Noam Chomsky support?

  • Social Interactionist
  • Cognitive
  • Nativist
  • Behaviourist

9. Name a theorist that supports the Behaviourist theory?

  • Jerome Bruner
  • B.F. Skinner
  • Lev Vygotsky
  • Noam Chomsky

10. What theory does Jean Piaget support?

  • Social Interactionist
  • Bahaviourist
  • Cognitive
  • Nativist

11. Who believes that children imitate and copy adults and are conditioned to using the correct language through reinforcement?

  • B.F Skinner
  • Jerome Bruner
  • Jean Piaget
  • Lev Vygotsky

12. Which theory does Jerome Bruner support?

  • Social Interactionist
  • Behaviourist
  • Nativist
  • Cognitive

13. Which theory believes that language is acquired through imitation and reinforcement?

  • Nativist
  • Behaviourist
  • Social Interactionist
  • Cognitive