TEST BANK for Human Learning 8th Edition Ormrod, CHAPTER 1 - 15

TEST BANK for Human Learning
8th Edition Ormrod, CHAPTER 1 - 15

, CHAPTERw1
PERSPECTIVESwONwLEARNING

MultiplewChoicewQuestions

Humanwbeingswundoubtedlywlearnwmorewduringwthewcoursewofwawlifetimewt
hanwanywotherwspecieswonwearth.wThewmajorwresultwofwthiswcapacitywtowlearnwis
wthat:

Newwinstinctswbeginwtowemerge.
Humanwthoughtwbecomeswlesswlogicalwwithweachwgeneratio
n.wHumanswcanwbenefitwfromwtheirwexperiences.
Humanswarewthewonlywspecieswwhosewbehaviorwcannotwbewanalyzed
winwtermswofwstimuliwandwresponses.




Threewofwthewfollowingwarewexampleswofwlearning.wWhichwonewiswnot?
Abigailwcrieswwhenwshewstepswonwawsharpwpebble.
Afterwmanywhourswofwheatedwdebate,wBrianwbeginswtowadvoc
atewpoliticalwpracticeswhewhaswpreviouslywopposed.
Carawsuddenlywrecognizeswhowwthewdivisionwfactw―24w’w4w=w6‖wiswrel
atedwtowthewmultiplicationwfactw―6wxw4w=w24.‖
DavidwhaswbeenwrunningwawaywfromwGermanwshepherdsweverwsince
whewwaswbittenwbywawGermanwshepherdwtwow yearswago.




Reyneldawhaswtroublewtracingwawcomplexwshapewwithwawpencilwwhenwshewis
winwkindergarten,wbutwshewcanwdowitwquitewwellwbywthewtimewshewiswinwsecondw
grade.wIswthiswanwinstancewofwlearning?
Yes,wbecausewherwbehaviorwhaswchanged.
No,wbecausewthewcircumstanceswarewtoowdissimilar.
Maybe,walthoughwthewchangewmaywsimplywbewdue
wtowphysiologicalwmaturation.

Maybe,wbutwonlywifwshewiswbeingwreinforcedwforwtracingwaccurately.




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, Chapterw1 w–
wPerspectives wonwLearning



Threewofwthewfollowingwillustratewvariouswwayswthatwlearningwmightw bewrefle
ctedwinwawperson‘swbehavior.wWhichwonewofwthewfollowingwchangeswdoeswnotwne
cessarilywreflectwlearning?
Althoughwit‘swawschoolwnight,wDeanwplayswvideowgameswuntilwwellwpast
whiswusualwbedtime.wAswhewbecomeswmorewtired,whewfindswitwincreasingl

ywdifficultwtowconcentratewonwwhatwhe‘swdoing.
Evenwaswawyoungwchild,wJerrywcouldwtellwyouwthatwhiswgrandpare
ntswimmigratedwtowthewUnitedwStateswfromwIreland.wButwafterwawc
onversationwwithwhiswgrandmother,whewcanwnowwdescribewthewcir
cumstanceswofwthewfamily‘swimmigrationwinwconsiderablewdetail.
Daywafterwday,wMartinwpracticeswhiswbasketballwskillsw (shooting,wdribbli
ng,wetc.)wonwawbasketballwcourtwatwawlocalwpark.wWithweachwpracticewses
sion,whiswmovementswbecomewfasterwandwsmoother.
Lewiswoccasionallywaskswforwhelpwwhenwhewhaswdifficultywwithwhiswcla
sswork,wbutwmostwofwthewtimewhewjustwstruggleswquietlywonwhiswown.w
Afterwhiswteacherwassureswhimwthatwaskingwforwhelpwiswnotwawsignwofww
eaknessworwinability,whewbeginswaskingwforwhelpwmuchwmorewfrequentl
y.

w researchwexamineswlearningwinwtightlywcontrolledwsettingswand
w researchwexamineswlearningwinwreal-worldwsettings.
Applied;wBasicwBasi
c;wQualitativewQuali
tative;wAppliedwBasi
c;wApplied

Awprinciplewofwlearningwcanwbestwbewcharacterizedwas:
Awdescriptionwofwthewresultswofwawparticularwresearchwstudy
Awstatementwthatwdescribeswhowwawparticularwfactorwaffectswlearning
Thewmeasurementwofwhowwmuchwlearningwhaswoccurredwin
wawparticularwsituation

Anwexplanationwofwthewunderlyingwprocesseswthroughwwhichwlearningwoccurs

Awtheorywofwlearningwcanwbestwbewcharacterizedwas:
Awdescriptionwofwthewresultswofwawparticularwresearchwstudy
Awstatementwthatwdescribeswhowwawparticularwfactorwaffectswlearning
Thewmeasurementwofwhowwmuchwlearningwhaswoccurredwin
wawparticularwsituation

Anwexplanationwofwthewunderlyingwprocesseswthroughwwhichwlearningwoccurs




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, Chapterw1 w–
wPerspectives wonwLearning



Threewofwthewfollowingwarewprincipleswofwlearning.wWhichwonewiswawtheory
ofwlearningwratherwthanwawprinciple?
Awbehaviorwthatwiswfollowedwbywpunishmentwdecreaseswinwfrequency.
Peoplewlearnwbywmakingwmentalwassociationswbetweenwnewwinformati
onwandwtheirwexistingwknowledge.
Awresponsewthatwiswrewardedweverywtimewitwoccurswincreaseswm
orewrapidlywthanwawresponsewthatwiswonlywoccasionallywrewarded
.
Studentswtendwtowrememberwmorewofwawlecturewifwtheywtakewnoteswo
nwthewlecture‘swcontent.

Whichwonewofwthewfollowingwcommonwsayingswbestwreflectswthewconc
eptwofwintrospection?
―Wherewthere‘swawwill,wthere‘swawway.‖
―Nothingwventured,wnothingwgained.‖
―Awpennywforwyourwthoughts.‖
―Oldwhabitswdiewhard.‖

Whichwonewofwthewfollowingwcommonwsayingswbestwreflectswthewba
sicwpremisewunderlyingwsocialwlearningwtheory?
―Monkeywsee,wmonkeywdo.‖
―Sparewthewrodwandwspoilwthewchild.‖
―Awfriendwinwneedwiswawfriendwindeed.‖
―Awrollingwstonewgatherswnowmoss.‖

Whichwonewofwthewfollowingwstatementswprovideswthewmostwcrediblewexp
lanationwforwthewfactwthatwhumanwbeingswseemwtowsurpasswallwotherwanimalw
specieswinwtheirwthinkingwandwlearningwcapacities?
Onlywhumanwbeingswhavewthewcapabilitywtowmakewtools.
Humanswcommunicatewregularlywwithwonewanotherwand,winwdoingw
so,wpasswalongwwhatwthey‘vewlearnedwtowfuturewgenerations.
Humanwbeingswhavewawhugewrepertoirewofwinstinctualwbehaviorswfr
omwwhichwtheywcanwdrawwwhenwtheywencounterwnewwexperiences.
Humanwbrainswarewsmallerwthanwthosewofwotherwintelligentwspeciesw(e.g
.,welephants,wdolphins)wandwthereforewcanwtransmitwmessageswmorewqui
cklywandwefficiently.




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