Test Bank for Human Learning, 7th Edition by Jeanne Ormrod

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CHAPTERh1
PERSPECTIVES ON LEARNING x x




Multiple Choice Questions
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Human beings undoubtedly learn more during the course of a lifetime than a ny
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xother species on earth. Thehmajor result of thishcapacity to learn is that:
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New instincts begin to emerge. x x x x




Human thought becomes less logical with each generation. Hu
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mans can benefithfrom their experiences.
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Humans are the onlyspecies whose behavior cannot behanalyzed in term s
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of stimuli and responses.
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Three of the following are examples of learning. Which one is not?
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Abigail cries when she steps on a sharp pebble.
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After manyhours of heated debate, Brian begins to advocate p
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olitical practices hehhas previously opposed.
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Cara suddenlyrecognizes how the division fact ―24 ’ 4= 6‖ is related to the
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multiplication facth―6 x 4 = 24.‖
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David has been runninghawayfrom German shepherds ever since he was
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bitten by a German shepherd two years ago.
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Reynelda has trouble tracing a complex shape with a pencil when she is in ki
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x ndergarten, but shehcanhdo it quite well by thehtime she is inhsecond grade. Is this an
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x instance of learning?
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Yes, because her behavior has changed.
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No, because the circumstances are too dissimilar.
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Maybe, although the change maysimplybe duehto physiologic al
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maturation.
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Maybe, but only if she ishbeinghreinforced for tracing accurately.
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Threehof the followinghillustrate various ways thathlearning might be reflected
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x in a person‘s behavior. Which one of the following changes does not necessarily
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x reflect learning?
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Although it‘s a school night, Dean plays video games until well past his u x x x x x x x x x x x x x



sual bedtime. As he becomes more tired, he finds it increasingly difficult to
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concentrate on whathhe‘s doing.
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Even as a younghchild, Jerry could tell you thathhis grandparents i
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mmigrated to the United States from Ireland. But after a conversat
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ion with his grandmother, hehcan now describe thehcircumstances
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of the family‘s immigration in considerable detail.
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Day after day, Martin practices his basketball skills (shooting, dribbling,
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etc.) on a basketball court atha local park. Withheach practice session, his
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movements become faster and smoother.
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Lewis occasionally asks for help when he hashdifficulty with his classw
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ork, but most of thehtime he just struggles quietly on his own. After his t
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eacher assures him that asking for help is not a sign of weakness or inabi
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lity, he begins asking for help much more frequently.
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research examines learninghin tightly controlled settings and x x x x x x



research examines learning in real-world settings. x x x x x




Applied; Basic Basi x x




c; QualitativehQualit
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ative; Applied Basic
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; Applied
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A principle of learning can best behcharacterized as:
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A descriptionhof the results of a particular research study
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A statement that describes how a particular factor affects learning
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The measurement of how much learning has occurred in a part
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icular situation
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An explanation of the underlying processes through which learning occurs
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A theory of learning can best be characterized as:
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A descriptionhof the results of a particular research study
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A statement that describes how a particular factor affects learning
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The measurement of how much learning has occurred in a part
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icular situation
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An explanation of the underlying processes through which learning occurs
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Three of the following are principles of learning. Which one is a theory
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of learning rather than a principle?
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A behavior thathis followed bypunishment decreases in frequency.
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People learn bymaking mental associations between new information a nd
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their existing knowledge.
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A response thathis rewardedheverytime it occurs increases more ra
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pidly than a response that is only occasionally rewarded.
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Students tend to remember more of a lecture if they take notes on t he
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lecture‘s content.
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Which one of the following common sayings best reflects thehconcept of
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introspection?
―Wherethere‘s awill, there‘s away.‖ x x x x x x




―Nothing ventured, nothinghgained.‖ x x




―Apennyfor yourthoughts.‖ x x x x




―Old habitshdie hard.‖ x x




Which one of the following common sayings best reflects thehbasic
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x premise underlyinghsocial learning theory?
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―Monkeysee,hmonkey do.‖ x x




―Spare thehrod and spoil the child.‖ x x x x x




―Afriend inneed is afriend indeed.‖
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―Arollingstone gathers no moss.‖ x x x x x




Which one of the following statements provides the most credible explanatio n
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for the facththat human beings seem to surpass all other animal species in their
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thinking and learning capacities?
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Only human beings have the capability to make tools.
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Humans communicate regularlywith one another and, in doing so, pa ss
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along what they‘ve learned tohfuture generations.
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Human beings have a huge repertoire of instinctual behaviors from whic h
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they can draw when they encounter new experiences.
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Human brains are smaller thanhthose of other intelligent species (e.g., el
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ephants, dolphins) and therefore can transmit messages morehquickly an
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d efficiently.
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