In
classical conditioning, the stimulus that automatically provokes
a response before conditioning takes place is referred to as the
A. neutral stimulus
B. unconditioned stimulus
C. antecedent or cues
D. contiguous stimulus
When using shaping it is important to
A. hold back the reward until students
have mastered the skill
B. reward closer and closer approximations to the final skill
C. reinforce improvements while punishing inappropriate responses
D. reinforce every response regardless of correctness
Perception may best be thought of as
A. the meaning we attach to sensory information
B. collections of sensations
C. neural activity
D. objective reality
If you are puzzled about a situation and
don't understand why present attempts to solve the problem aren't
working, Piaget would say you are in a state of
A. adaptation
B. accommodation
C. equilibration
D. disequilibrium
You have taught a new math skill to your
class, and find that some students have caught on quickly, while
others are still having difficulty applying the skill. Based on
Vygotsky's principles of assisted learning / zone of proximal
development, you should
A. give all students more practice problems
B. pair students for more practice, pairing students who have
mastered the skill with those who have not.
C. give all students for more instruction in the performance
of math skill.
D. go on to the next skill and put students in cooperative learning
groups.
Which of the following theories proposes
that learning is an adaptive response to changing environmental
contexts?
A. Dual Coding
B. Cognitive Flexibility
C. Connectionism
D. Distributed Cognitions
Which of the following summarizes the findings
of Bandura's research utilizing the now infamous Bobo Dolls?
A. children who play Nintendo prefer
less physically active recreational activities
B. children who watch violent television tend to exhibit acts
of aggression
C. children who play with Bobo Dolls develop social skills slower
than nonplayers
D. children who play with Bobo Dolls have scarier nightmares
than children who play with Barbie Dolls
Which criticism of Anchored Instruction
is addressed in Situated Learning theory?
A. the use of contrived instructional
contexts is less authentic than real environmental needs
B. some students learn best by engaging in hands-on discovery-based
activities
C. anchored concepts require significant multimedia production
budgets
D. anchored instruction demands less active participation from
students
Woolfolk describes this theory as "the
need to experience choice and control in what we do and how we
do it. It is the desire to have our own wishes, rather than external
rewards or pressures, determine our actions."
A. vicarious reinforcement
B. functional context
C. self-determination
D. connectionism
Which theorist challenged the traditional
assumption that intelligence was a general construct, and proposed
instead a theory that every learner possesses multiple intelligences
in varying degrees?
A. Thomas Sticht
B. Albert Bandura
C. Howard Gardner
D. Rand Spiro
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