EPSY Test 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
2 central ideas on constructivist learning Correct Answers 1.
Learners are active in constructing their own understanding
2. Social interactions are important in knowledge construction
process
3 stages in developing strategic transfer Correct Answers 1.
Acquisition phase: Instruction about strategy, how to use it;
rehearse, practice being aware when/how to use
2. Retention phase: practice with feedback
3. Transfer phase: try new problems that can be solved with
same strategy
4 categories of inquiry activities/processes Correct Answers -
Procedural: Hands-on, do science procedures, collect data
-Epistemic: draw conclusions based on evidence
-Conceptual: Connect to prior knowledge
-Social: Discuss, argue, debate, present
ABAB Experimental design Correct Answers (A) Establish
baseline, noting specific behaviors
(B) Introduce intervention and not result
(A) Remove intervention for a period of time
(B) Reinstate intervention and note result
, Action Research Correct Answers systematic observations/test
of methods conducted by teachers
Algorithm Correct Answers step-by-step procedure for solving
problem; prescription for achieving a goal
amygdala Correct Answers emotions and aggression
Automatic basic skills- 3 stages of development Correct
Answers 1. cognitive: declarative knowledge, newly learned
2. Associative: chunk individual steps of a procedure into larger
units
3. Autonomous: Whole procedure carried out with little
attention
Automaticity Correct Answers Ability to perform thoroughly
learned tasks without much mental effort
behavioral learning Correct Answers how behaviors change
due to external influences and laws of learning that apply to all
organisms
behavioral strategies Correct Answers teaches students
strategies for management and evaluating their actions,
motivation, and affect- time management, help seeking, test
taking, note taking, homework management
both external/internal direction Correct Answers knowledge
constructed based on social interactions and experiences
(Vygotsky)
2 central ideas on constructivist learning Correct Answers 1.
Learners are active in constructing their own understanding
2. Social interactions are important in knowledge construction
process
3 stages in developing strategic transfer Correct Answers 1.
Acquisition phase: Instruction about strategy, how to use it;
rehearse, practice being aware when/how to use
2. Retention phase: practice with feedback
3. Transfer phase: try new problems that can be solved with
same strategy
4 categories of inquiry activities/processes Correct Answers -
Procedural: Hands-on, do science procedures, collect data
-Epistemic: draw conclusions based on evidence
-Conceptual: Connect to prior knowledge
-Social: Discuss, argue, debate, present
ABAB Experimental design Correct Answers (A) Establish
baseline, noting specific behaviors
(B) Introduce intervention and not result
(A) Remove intervention for a period of time
(B) Reinstate intervention and note result
, Action Research Correct Answers systematic observations/test
of methods conducted by teachers
Algorithm Correct Answers step-by-step procedure for solving
problem; prescription for achieving a goal
amygdala Correct Answers emotions and aggression
Automatic basic skills- 3 stages of development Correct
Answers 1. cognitive: declarative knowledge, newly learned
2. Associative: chunk individual steps of a procedure into larger
units
3. Autonomous: Whole procedure carried out with little
attention
Automaticity Correct Answers Ability to perform thoroughly
learned tasks without much mental effort
behavioral learning Correct Answers how behaviors change
due to external influences and laws of learning that apply to all
organisms
behavioral strategies Correct Answers teaches students
strategies for management and evaluating their actions,
motivation, and affect- time management, help seeking, test
taking, note taking, homework management
both external/internal direction Correct Answers knowledge
constructed based on social interactions and experiences
(Vygotsky)
