Learning theories
Education
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Question 1
Multiple Choice
10 points
When it comes to applying learning theory to the classroom, the most pressing problem for educators is:
A.Presenting students with the right stimuli on which to focus their attention and mental effort
B.Finding age-appropriate learning materials
C.Presenting the learning material in a gender-neutral manner
Question 2
Multiple Choice
10 points
The use of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to change behavior is known as:
A.Operant conditioning
B.Stimulus generalization
C.Classical conditioning
Question 3
Multiple Choice
10 points
According to operant conditioning,
A.Once a behavior is learned, it is not forgotten
B.Behavior is controlled by its consequences
C.Punishment and negative reinforcement are the same
Question 4
Multiple Choice
10 points
What would be a practical and appropriate use of punishment in the classroom?
A.Providing a positive reinforcer for stopping unacceptable behavior.
B.Loss of privileges contingent upon unacceptable behavior- such as having to stay in during recess for talking out of turn
C.Loss of privileges for unspecified behaviors
Question 5
Multiple Choice
10 points
Extinction is rarely a smooth process. When reinforcers are withdrawn,
A.the rate of the to-be-extinguished behavior diminishes rapidly
B.individuals often increase their rate of the to-be-extinguished behavior for awhile
C.punishment for the behaviors becomes more effective in practice
Question 6
Multiple Choice
10 points
What is perhaps the most important limitation of the behavioral theories when applied to the classroom?
A.Learning processes such as concept formation, learning from text, and thinking are difficult to observe directly
B.The principles of learning theory ARE NOT well defined, hence difficult to apply in the classroom
C.Schedules of reinforcement are often unreliable in maintaining behavior in the real world
Question 7
Multiple Choice
10 points
In classical conditioning, what is paired
A.The unconditioned stimulus and the neutral stimuli
B.The conditioned stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus
C.The unconditioned response and the unconditioned stimulus
Question 8
Multiple Choice
10 points
An example of a negative reinforcement is when a teacher says
A.If you get an A on tomorrow's test, you won't have to do homework the rest of the week
B.If you get an A on tomorrow's test, you will be a member of the A club
C.If you do your homework, you may choose a prize
Question 9
Multiple Choice
10 points
To be an effective punisher, an unpleasant consequence
A.Does not reduce the frequency of the behavior
B.Reduces the behavior but causes other problems
C.Reduces the frequency of the behavior
Question 10
Multiple Choice
10 points
What must a teacher do first to utilize working memory in his or her pupils?
A.Have the students pay attention
B.The students should be well rested from the previous learning activity
C.Get the pupils to rehearse the learning material several times
Question 11
Multiple Choice
10 points
Why does most forgetting occur?
A.Because information in working memory was never transferred to long term memory.
B.Because of the passage of time between when the item was perceived and when its recall was attempted
C.Because of interference from new material acquired between an item's acquisition and its attempted recall
Question 12
Multiple Choice
10 points
If students receive a lecture lasting 20 minutes:
A.They will remember material from the beginning and middle of the lecture best.
B.They will remember mainly the material they heard at the end of the lecture, and will be very lucky to remember more than one thing from the beginning of the lecture.
C.They will remember material from the beginning, the middle, and the end of the lecture with about equal probability.
D.They will remember the most from the end of the lecture, followed by material they acquired at the beginning of the lecture. They will likely forget most of what they heard during the middle of the lecture.