Western Governors University – D307 (Professional Leadership and Communication in Healthcare) | Complete Course Guide and Task Solutions (2025)  

Expressive language disorder – Answer️☑️People have trouble getting their message across when they talk. They often struggle to put words together into sentences that make sense.   Receptive language disorder – Answer️☑️People struggle to get the meaning of what others are saying. Because of this, they often respond in ways that don’t make sense.   Mixed receptive-expressive language issues – Answer️☑️People struggle with both using and understanding language.   What is the name of the theory of intelligence that postulates that intelligence consists of several abilities and talents that are independent and unrelated to each other? – Answer️☑️Multiple intelligence theory   Which task requires more fluid intelligence than crystallized intelligence? – Answer️☑️Solving a new type of puzzle   What is Spearman’s concept of the g factor? – Answer️☑️A general intelligence factor is the basis of all cognitive processes and performance.   Charlotte has earned 100 percent on each algebra test she has taken this quarter. – Answer️☑️Analytical   Mateo was using a recipe that called for buttermilk. When he found no buttermilk in the refrigerator, he added a little lemon juice to regular milk and his recipe turned out fine. – Answer️☑️Creative   When her computer froze, Eva knew to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the hard drive. – Answer️☑️Practical   Gardner’s intelligences: Verbal-linguistic intelligence – Answer️☑️refers to an individual’s ability to analyze information and produce work that involves oral and written language, such as speeches, books, and emails.   Gardner’s intelligences: Logical-mathematical intelligence – Answer️☑️describes the ability to develop equations and proofs, make calculations, and solve abstract problems.   Gardner’s intelligences: Visual-spatial intelligence – Answer️☑️allows people to comprehend maps and other types of graphical information.   Gardner’s intelligences: Musical intelligence – Answer️☑️enables individuals to produce and make meaning of different types of sound.   Gardner’s intelligences: Naturalistic intelligence – Answer️☑️refers to the ability to identify and distinguish among different types of plants, animals, and weather formations found in the natural world.   Gardner’s intelligences: Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence – Answer️☑️entails using one’s own body to create products or solve problems.   Gardner’s intelligences: Interpersonal intelligence – Answer️☑️reflects an ability to recognize and understand other people’s moods, desires, motivations, and intentions.   Gardner’s intelligences: Intrapersonal intelligence – Answer️☑️refers to people’s ability to recognize and assess those same characteristics within themselves.   A neutral stimulus is associated with a natural response – Answer️☑️Classical Conditioning   A response is increased or decreased due to reinforcement or punishment – Answer️☑️Operant Conditioning   Classical conditioning involves a neutral stimulus becoming a conditioned response because of _______________. – Answer️☑️Continuous Pairings   What are the two main types of consequences in operant conditioning? – Answer️☑️Reinforcement and punishment   A teacher who had previously allowed students to “shout out” answers in class without raising their hands begins to completely ignore students who speak without raising hands. Within a few days, students no longer “shout out” answers. – Answer️☑️Operant conditioning   A teacher asks a question about the number of U.S. senators and a student responds with the answer, “Eighty.” The teacher says, “That’s so close but not quite correct. If there are 50 states and two senators from each state, how many senators are there?” The student then replies, “One hundred.” – Answer️☑️Operant conditioning   A teacher tells the class that every student who scores above 90 percent on the test will receive a candy bar. Students studied extra hard in hopes of earning candy. – Answer️☑️Operant conditioning   An eighth-grade student was coming down with the flu on the morning he had to give a speech in his English class. He became violently ill during the speech. Years later, in college, he still suffered from feelings of nausea just before he engaged in any type of public speaking. – Answer️☑️Classical conditioning   Improving reading instruction – Answer️☑️Direct Instruction   Improving reading comprehension – Answer️☑️Direct Instruction   Improving vocabular