EDUC 2130 FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Ms. Goodsell is thinking about how she might help the students in her introductory French class learn to
pronounce the word bonjour correctly. Which one of her thoughts below is most consistent with a social
cognitive perspective of learning?
Answer:
"Maybe I should show them how I form my mouth and lips as I pronounce the word and then encourage
them to imitate me."
Question:
2. Bill's behaviors in Ms. Kennedy's class are really distracting to other students. For example, he whispers
to the boy beside him when Ms. Kennedy is giving directions on how to do an assignment. He flings paper
clips at a girl across the room. He makes strange grunting noises that a few classmates find amusing. Ms.
Kennedy glares at him or admonishes him whenever he behaves in a distracting way, yet his inappropriate
behaviors are increasing rather than decreasing. Which one of the following interpretations best explains
why Bill's behaviors are increasing?
Answer:
Ms. Kennedy is positively reinforcing him for the distracting behaviors.
Question:
3. When Dan goes to his internist he immediately starts to slip off his shoes on the way to what he knows
will be his first stop- the scale. Then, when shown where he will wait for his doctor, he hops on the table
before asked and rolls up the sleeve of his shirt so that the nurse can get a blood pressure reading. Dan's
anticipatory behaviors show he has a for going to the doctor's office.
Answer:
Script
Question:
4. Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as
candy. You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well. From a behaviorist perspective, your
best strategy would be which one of the following?
Answer:
Whenever you give Jerome something to eat, give him praise as well.
Question:
5. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, why might inner-city African American students learn
more from an African American model who grew up in poverty than from a model of a different race or
background?
Answer:
Because the students will view the African American model's behavior as being applicable to their own
situation
, Question:
6. Only one of the following definitely illustrates high self-efficacy. Which one is the best example of
self-efficacy?
Answer:
Danielle knows she is a good singer.
Question:
7. Seth has always been very interested in railway systems. Since he was young he was fascinated with
types of trains, train routes, train museums, and reading about the different rail systems that run in different
countries. Seth has a well- developed for railway systems.
Answer:
Scheme
Question:
8. Three of the following strategies can help promote a sense of community in the classroom. Which
strategy is least likely to promote this sense of community?
Answer:
Publicly praising students who show the highest academic achievement
Question:
9. Which one of the following best illustrates a worldview at work?
Answer:
When Mick falls down and sprains his ankle, Rachel says, "That must be God punishing you for calling me
nasty names yesterday."
Question:
10. Matthew once had a teacher who punished him severely whenever he did poorly on a mathematics test.
Now he refuses to open a math book, saying that he is "too scared" to do so. He has learned to associate
mathematics with the pain of punishment. Here, the painful punishment is:
Answer:
a conditioned stimulus
Question:
11. Which one of the following descriptions of a student best illustrates the theoretical perspective of a trait
theory of motivation?
Answer:
"Jane is always putting herself in dangerous situations. She's the kind of person who likes the adrenaline
rush that comes with living on the edge."
Question:
12. Three of the following are accurate statements about interrelationships between affect and motivation.
Which statement is not accurate?
Answer:
Learners tend to be happiest when they know that events are beyond their control.
Question:
13. Which one of the following best illustrates expository instruction?
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Ms. Goodsell is thinking about how she might help the students in her introductory French class learn to
pronounce the word bonjour correctly. Which one of her thoughts below is most consistent with a social
cognitive perspective of learning?
Answer:
"Maybe I should show them how I form my mouth and lips as I pronounce the word and then encourage
them to imitate me."
Question:
2. Bill's behaviors in Ms. Kennedy's class are really distracting to other students. For example, he whispers
to the boy beside him when Ms. Kennedy is giving directions on how to do an assignment. He flings paper
clips at a girl across the room. He makes strange grunting noises that a few classmates find amusing. Ms.
Kennedy glares at him or admonishes him whenever he behaves in a distracting way, yet his inappropriate
behaviors are increasing rather than decreasing. Which one of the following interpretations best explains
why Bill's behaviors are increasing?
Answer:
Ms. Kennedy is positively reinforcing him for the distracting behaviors.
Question:
3. When Dan goes to his internist he immediately starts to slip off his shoes on the way to what he knows
will be his first stop- the scale. Then, when shown where he will wait for his doctor, he hops on the table
before asked and rolls up the sleeve of his shirt so that the nurse can get a blood pressure reading. Dan's
anticipatory behaviors show he has a for going to the doctor's office.
Answer:
Script
Question:
4. Jerome is a student in your classroom for whom the only effective reinforcer is something to eat, such as
candy. You would like Jerome to find your praise reinforcing as well. From a behaviorist perspective, your
best strategy would be which one of the following?
Answer:
Whenever you give Jerome something to eat, give him praise as well.
Question:
5. From the perspective of social cognitive theory, why might inner-city African American students learn
more from an African American model who grew up in poverty than from a model of a different race or
background?
Answer:
Because the students will view the African American model's behavior as being applicable to their own
situation
, Question:
6. Only one of the following definitely illustrates high self-efficacy. Which one is the best example of
self-efficacy?
Answer:
Danielle knows she is a good singer.
Question:
7. Seth has always been very interested in railway systems. Since he was young he was fascinated with
types of trains, train routes, train museums, and reading about the different rail systems that run in different
countries. Seth has a well- developed for railway systems.
Answer:
Scheme
Question:
8. Three of the following strategies can help promote a sense of community in the classroom. Which
strategy is least likely to promote this sense of community?
Answer:
Publicly praising students who show the highest academic achievement
Question:
9. Which one of the following best illustrates a worldview at work?
Answer:
When Mick falls down and sprains his ankle, Rachel says, "That must be God punishing you for calling me
nasty names yesterday."
Question:
10. Matthew once had a teacher who punished him severely whenever he did poorly on a mathematics test.
Now he refuses to open a math book, saying that he is "too scared" to do so. He has learned to associate
mathematics with the pain of punishment. Here, the painful punishment is:
Answer:
a conditioned stimulus
Question:
11. Which one of the following descriptions of a student best illustrates the theoretical perspective of a trait
theory of motivation?
Answer:
"Jane is always putting herself in dangerous situations. She's the kind of person who likes the adrenaline
rush that comes with living on the edge."
Question:
12. Three of the following are accurate statements about interrelationships between affect and motivation.
Which statement is not accurate?
Answer:
Learners tend to be happiest when they know that events are beyond their control.
Question:
13. Which one of the following best illustrates expository instruction?
