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Introduction to Theories of Learning 10th Edition
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by Olson All 16 Chapters
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,Table of Contents m m
PARTmImIntroductionmtomLearning
Chapterm1:mWhatmIsm Learning?
Chapterm2:mApproachesmtomthemStudymofmLearningm Chapt
erm3:mEarlymNotionsmaboutmLearningmChapterm4:m Edward
mLeemThorndike
PARTmIImPredominantlymFunctionalisticmTheories
Chapterm5:mBurrhusmFredericmSkinnerm Chapte
rm6:mClarkmLeonardmHull
PARTmIIImPredominantlymAssociationisticmTheories
Chapterm7:mIvanmPetrovichmPavlovmChapterm8:m
EdwinmRaymGuthriemChapterm9:mWilliamm Kaye
mEstes
PARTmIVmPredominantlymCognitivemTheories
Chapterm10:mGestaltmTheorymChapterm11:m Je
anmPiaget
Chapterm12:mEdwardmChacemTolmanmChapterm 1
3:mAlbertmBandura
PARTmVmAmPredominantlymNeurophysiologicalmTheory
Chapterm14:mDonaldmOldingmHebb
Chapterm15:mRobertmC.mBollesmandmEvolutionarymPsychologymChapterm16:mA
m FinalmWord
,1. Mostmpsychologistsmrejectmdictionarymdefinitionsmofmlearningmbecause:
a. themdefinitionsmaremtoomobjective
b. themdefinitionsmtendmtombembehavioristic
c. *mthemdefinitionsmaremnebulous
d. learningmismnotmdefinable
2. ThemSkinneriansmopposemequatingmthemtermsm"reward"mandm"reinforcement"mbecause:
a. *mreinforcersmstrengthenmbehaviormwhereasmrewardsmdomnot
b. organismsmmustminvestmconsiderablemtimemandmenergymtomobtainm reinforce
rsmbutmnottomobtainmrewards
c. onlymreinforcersmaremgivenmormreceivedminmrecognitionmofmworthymbehavior
d. rewardsmstrengthenmbehaviormwhereasmreinforcersmdomnot
3. Tomattributemambehavioralmchangemtomlearning,mthemchangemmustmbemallmofmthem follo
wingexcept:
a. relativelympermanent
b. themresultmofmexperience
c. observedminmperformance
d. *mthemresultmofmmaturation
4. Wemcanmmakeminferencesmconcerningmthemlearningmprocessmbymstudying:
a. *mchangesminmbehavior
b. themmind
c. acquiredmknowledge
d. motivationalmstates
5. Accordingmtommostmlearningmtheoristsmthemlearningmprocess:
a. cannotmbemstudiedmobjectively
b. cannotmbemstudiedmatmall
c. *mcanm bemstudiedmonlymindirectlymthroughmchangesminmbehavior
d. canmbemstudiedmdirectly
6. Formmostmlearningmtheorists,mlearningmismthoughtmofmasma(n):
a. independentmvariable
b. dependentmvariable
c. *minterveningmvariable
d. extraneousmvariable
7. Shortmtermmmemorymrefersmto:
a. learningmthatmoccursmverymrapidly
b. informationmthatmismlearnedminmamshortmtimembutmismlostmovermamlongmperiodmofmtime
c. rememberingmhowmtomdomsomethingmyoumhavemnotmdonemformawhile
d. *mrememberingmanmexperiencemformonlymamshortmtimemaftermterminationmof
m theexperience
8. Sensitizationmis:
a. themdevelopmentmofmanmawarenessmofmthemneedsmofmothermpeople
b. *mthemtendencymtombemmoremresponsivemtomthemenvironmentmfollowingmanm
arousingexperience
c. themgradualm formationmofmamstrongmhabit
, d. themtendencymtombemlessmresponsivemtomamstimulusmaftermprolongedmexposure
m tomthatstimulus
9. Aftermenteringmamroommandmbeingmdistractedmbymthemsmellmofmamstrongmperfume,
mam personeventuallymnomlongermnoticesmit.m Thismismanmexamplemof:
a. *mhabituation
b. sensitization
c. selectivemperception
d. avoidancemconditioning
10. Themfollowingmdiagrammexemplifiesmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. Stimulus1m----------------->mNomResponse
B. Anmarousingmexperience
C. Stimulus1m----------------m >mResponse
a. habituation
b. *msensitization
c. selectivemperception
d. conditioning
11. Performance:
a. ismthemsamemasmlearning
b. *mismthem translationmofmlearningmintombehavior
c. ismindependentmofmlearning
d. canmbemeithermmentalm ormbehavioral
12. Anmunlearnedmresponsemtomamspecificmstimulusmexemplifiesma(n):
a. conditionedmreflex
b. sensitization
c. *mreflex
d. instinct
13. Whichmofmthemfollowingmtermsmismcurrentlymbeingmusedminsteadmofmthemtermminstinct?
a. *mspecies-specificmbehavior
b. self-motivatedmbehavior
c. imprinting
14. Themrapidmformationmofmanmattachmentmbetweenmanmorganismmandmanm environ
mentalmobjectthatmoccursmduringmamcriticalmperiodmismcalled:
a. conditioning
b. *mimprinting
c. learning
d. modeling
15. Cuckoombirdsmlaymtheirmeggsminmthemnestmofmotherm birds.mThismismanm examplem of:
a. learning
b. performance
d. unlearnedmbehavio
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Introduction to Theories of Learning 10th Edition
m m m m m m
by Olson All 16 Chapters
m m m m
,Table of Contents m m
PARTmImIntroductionmtomLearning
Chapterm1:mWhatmIsm Learning?
Chapterm2:mApproachesmtomthemStudymofmLearningm Chapt
erm3:mEarlymNotionsmaboutmLearningmChapterm4:m Edward
mLeemThorndike
PARTmIImPredominantlymFunctionalisticmTheories
Chapterm5:mBurrhusmFredericmSkinnerm Chapte
rm6:mClarkmLeonardmHull
PARTmIIImPredominantlymAssociationisticmTheories
Chapterm7:mIvanmPetrovichmPavlovmChapterm8:m
EdwinmRaymGuthriemChapterm9:mWilliamm Kaye
mEstes
PARTmIVmPredominantlymCognitivemTheories
Chapterm10:mGestaltmTheorymChapterm11:m Je
anmPiaget
Chapterm12:mEdwardmChacemTolmanmChapterm 1
3:mAlbertmBandura
PARTmVmAmPredominantlymNeurophysiologicalmTheory
Chapterm14:mDonaldmOldingmHebb
Chapterm15:mRobertmC.mBollesmandmEvolutionarymPsychologymChapterm16:mA
m FinalmWord
,1. Mostmpsychologistsmrejectmdictionarymdefinitionsmofmlearningmbecause:
a. themdefinitionsmaremtoomobjective
b. themdefinitionsmtendmtombembehavioristic
c. *mthemdefinitionsmaremnebulous
d. learningmismnotmdefinable
2. ThemSkinneriansmopposemequatingmthemtermsm"reward"mandm"reinforcement"mbecause:
a. *mreinforcersmstrengthenmbehaviormwhereasmrewardsmdomnot
b. organismsmmustminvestmconsiderablemtimemandmenergymtomobtainm reinforce
rsmbutmnottomobtainmrewards
c. onlymreinforcersmaremgivenmormreceivedminmrecognitionmofmworthymbehavior
d. rewardsmstrengthenmbehaviormwhereasmreinforcersmdomnot
3. Tomattributemambehavioralmchangemtomlearning,mthemchangemmustmbemallmofmthem follo
wingexcept:
a. relativelympermanent
b. themresultmofmexperience
c. observedminmperformance
d. *mthemresultmofmmaturation
4. Wemcanmmakeminferencesmconcerningmthemlearningmprocessmbymstudying:
a. *mchangesminmbehavior
b. themmind
c. acquiredmknowledge
d. motivationalmstates
5. Accordingmtommostmlearningmtheoristsmthemlearningmprocess:
a. cannotmbemstudiedmobjectively
b. cannotmbemstudiedmatmall
c. *mcanm bemstudiedmonlymindirectlymthroughmchangesminmbehavior
d. canmbemstudiedmdirectly
6. Formmostmlearningmtheorists,mlearningmismthoughtmofmasma(n):
a. independentmvariable
b. dependentmvariable
c. *minterveningmvariable
d. extraneousmvariable
7. Shortmtermmmemorymrefersmto:
a. learningmthatmoccursmverymrapidly
b. informationmthatmismlearnedminmamshortmtimembutmismlostmovermamlongmperiodmofmtime
c. rememberingmhowmtomdomsomethingmyoumhavemnotmdonemformawhile
d. *mrememberingmanmexperiencemformonlymamshortmtimemaftermterminationmof
m theexperience
8. Sensitizationmis:
a. themdevelopmentmofmanmawarenessmofmthemneedsmofmothermpeople
b. *mthemtendencymtombemmoremresponsivemtomthemenvironmentmfollowingmanm
arousingexperience
c. themgradualm formationmofmamstrongmhabit
, d. themtendencymtombemlessmresponsivemtomamstimulusmaftermprolongedmexposure
m tomthatstimulus
9. Aftermenteringmamroommandmbeingmdistractedmbymthemsmellmofmamstrongmperfume,
mam personeventuallymnomlongermnoticesmit.m Thismismanmexamplemof:
a. *mhabituation
b. sensitization
c. selectivemperception
d. avoidancemconditioning
10. Themfollowingmdiagrammexemplifiesmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. Stimulus1m----------------->mNomResponse
B. Anmarousingmexperience
C. Stimulus1m----------------m >mResponse
a. habituation
b. *msensitization
c. selectivemperception
d. conditioning
11. Performance:
a. ismthemsamemasmlearning
b. *mismthem translationmofmlearningmintombehavior
c. ismindependentmofmlearning
d. canmbemeithermmentalm ormbehavioral
12. Anmunlearnedmresponsemtomamspecificmstimulusmexemplifiesma(n):
a. conditionedmreflex
b. sensitization
c. *mreflex
d. instinct
13. Whichmofmthemfollowingmtermsmismcurrentlymbeingmusedminsteadmofmthemtermminstinct?
a. *mspecies-specificmbehavior
b. self-motivatedmbehavior
c. imprinting
14. Themrapidmformationmofmanmattachmentmbetweenmanmorganismmandmanm environ
mentalmobjectthatmoccursmduringmamcriticalmperiodmismcalled:
a. conditioning
b. *mimprinting
c. learning
d. modeling
15. Cuckoombirdsmlaymtheirmeggsminmthemnestmofmotherm birds.mThismismanm examplem of:
a. learning
b. performance
d. unlearnedmbehavio
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