Behavioral & Social Cognitive Approaches

True or false: everything that we know is learned

• True

• False

What is the view that behavior should be explained by observable experiences, not mental processes?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five main cognitive approaches to learning?

• socioemotional

• behavioral

• information-processing

• cognitive constructivist

A child completes a math problem incorrectly and is criticized by their teacher. From that point forward, the child associates math with stress and anxiety. What is this is an example of?

• operant conditioning

• applied behavior analysis

• classical conditioning

• positive reinforcement

Operant conditioning is more helpful than classical conditioning for helping us to understand behaviors that are:

• involuntary

• voluntary

• undesirable

• desirable

A child gets tired of their parent nagging them to make their bed, so they finally do it. What is this an example of?

• positive reinforcement

• negative reinforcement

• punishment

• prompting

True or false: applied behavior analysis involves applying the principles of operant conditioning to change human behavior

• True

• False

What theory emphasizes how behavior, environment, and person factors interact to influence learning?

• social cognitive theory

• behavioral theory

• constructivist theory

• critical theory

Which of the following is a cognitive-behavioral approach to changing students' behaviors?

• using differential reinforcement

• punishment

• removing desirable stimuli

• self-instructional methods

When teachers model or demonstrate to a class how to solve problems, they are helping their students learn through:

• reinforcement

• self-instruction

• observational learning

• self-monitoring