Praxis PLT K-6 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ability of the human mind to sort, match,
combine and arrange perceptions, experiences, and information.
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Occurs when automatic and reflexive
responses to stimuli become associated with new stimuli that previously had no effect.
Unconditioned responses - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Reflexive blinking
Unconditioned stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A puff of air to the eye
Conditioned stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A buzzer regularly paired with the puff of
air
Conditioned response - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Blinking
Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which dogs were conditioned to
salivate when they heard a bell ring. Classical Conditioning.
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Occurs as a result of the consequences of
behavior
Classical Conditioning Response - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Students rise to exit the
classroom when the bell rings.
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which rats were conditioned to
press a lever to receive food. Operant conditioning.
Bandera - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which children observed an adult
model acting aggressively toward a toy (the "Bobo doll"). When the model was rewarded for
, the aggression, children imitated the behaviors toward the doll, but when the model was
punished, children did not
Social Learning Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Learning by watching others. Social
cognitive theory. Modeling. Bandera.
Information-Processing Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A model of the human memory
with three major components: sensory register, working memory (sometimes called short-
term memory) and long-term memory.
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Includes a storage and a processing system;
its components include the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, and the central
executive.
Long Term Memory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Supposedly has a limitless capacity and
can hold information perhaps indefinitely. Rehearsal, meaningful learning, elaboration,
organization, visual imagery and mnemonics.
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Creating knowledge from observations and
experiences. John Dewey. Inquiry learning. Student centered, involve problem solving, and
require students to interact socially and environmentally.
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Understanding of the world is
organized into schemes, which is defined as organized group or similar actions or thoughts
that are used repeatedly in response to the environment. Jean Piaget.
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔New information is adapted in existing schemes.
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔People must incorporate a new experience by
modifying an old scheme or forming a new scheme.
Disequilibrium - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Period of flux when individuals are attempting
to adjust prior schemes with new experiences that do not fit into their existing schemes.
CORRECT Answers
Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The ability of the human mind to sort, match,
combine and arrange perceptions, experiences, and information.
Classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Occurs when automatic and reflexive
responses to stimuli become associated with new stimuli that previously had no effect.
Unconditioned responses - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Reflexive blinking
Unconditioned stimuli - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A puff of air to the eye
Conditioned stimulus - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A buzzer regularly paired with the puff of
air
Conditioned response - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Blinking
Pavlov - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which dogs were conditioned to
salivate when they heard a bell ring. Classical Conditioning.
Operant conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Occurs as a result of the consequences of
behavior
Classical Conditioning Response - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Students rise to exit the
classroom when the bell rings.
Skinner - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which rats were conditioned to
press a lever to receive food. Operant conditioning.
Bandera - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Classic experiment in which children observed an adult
model acting aggressively toward a toy (the "Bobo doll"). When the model was rewarded for
, the aggression, children imitated the behaviors toward the doll, but when the model was
punished, children did not
Social Learning Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Learning by watching others. Social
cognitive theory. Modeling. Bandera.
Information-Processing Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A model of the human memory
with three major components: sensory register, working memory (sometimes called short-
term memory) and long-term memory.
Working memory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Includes a storage and a processing system;
its components include the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketchpad, and the central
executive.
Long Term Memory - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Supposedly has a limitless capacity and
can hold information perhaps indefinitely. Rehearsal, meaningful learning, elaboration,
organization, visual imagery and mnemonics.
Constructivism - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Creating knowledge from observations and
experiences. John Dewey. Inquiry learning. Student centered, involve problem solving, and
require students to interact socially and environmentally.
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Understanding of the world is
organized into schemes, which is defined as organized group or similar actions or thoughts
that are used repeatedly in response to the environment. Jean Piaget.
Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔New information is adapted in existing schemes.
Accommodation - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔People must incorporate a new experience by
modifying an old scheme or forming a new scheme.
Disequilibrium - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Period of flux when individuals are attempting
to adjust prior schemes with new experiences that do not fit into their existing schemes.
