NYSTCE EAS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Reinforcement
Answer: meant to increase a good behavior; a reward
●● Punishment
Answer: meant to decrease bad behavior
●● Positive reinforcement
Answer: involves giving someone something that he or she wants
●● Negative reinforcement
Answer: taking away something that someone does not want
●● Positive punishment
Answer: involves giving someone something that he or she does not
want
●● Negative punishment
Answer: involves taking away something that someone does want
, ●● Extinction
Answer: decreases the chances of a response to something by
withdrawing reinforcement of the behavior; like a reset button
●● Constructivism
Answer: a philosophy of education that says that people construct
knowledge through their experiences and interactions with the world
●● Social learning
Answer: learning through interactions with other people
●● Vyogtsky's Zone of Proximal Development
Answer: people learn best from other people who are just a little ahead
of them
●● Project-based learning (PBL)
Answer: focuses on giving an open-ended question and complex
problem to a group of students and having them figure out the best
solution to the problem
●● 4 Steps to PBL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Reinforcement
Answer: meant to increase a good behavior; a reward
●● Punishment
Answer: meant to decrease bad behavior
●● Positive reinforcement
Answer: involves giving someone something that he or she wants
●● Negative reinforcement
Answer: taking away something that someone does not want
●● Positive punishment
Answer: involves giving someone something that he or she does not
want
●● Negative punishment
Answer: involves taking away something that someone does want
, ●● Extinction
Answer: decreases the chances of a response to something by
withdrawing reinforcement of the behavior; like a reset button
●● Constructivism
Answer: a philosophy of education that says that people construct
knowledge through their experiences and interactions with the world
●● Social learning
Answer: learning through interactions with other people
●● Vyogtsky's Zone of Proximal Development
Answer: people learn best from other people who are just a little ahead
of them
●● Project-based learning (PBL)
Answer: focuses on giving an open-ended question and complex
problem to a group of students and having them figure out the best
solution to the problem
●● 4 Steps to PBL