Learner-Centered Psychological Principles Quiz

According to the text, what is the nature of the learning process?

• B. It is an intentional process of constructing meaning from information and experience

• A. It is a passive process of receiving information

• C. It is a process of memorization without understanding

• D. It is a process of following instructions without critical thinking

What are the goals of the learning process for a successful learner?

• C. To create meaningful, coherent representations of knowledge

• D. To avoid learning complex subject matter

• B. To create meaningless representations of knowledge

• A. To memorize as much information as possible

How does the successful learner link new information with existing knowledge?

• A. By ignoring new information and relying only on existing knowledge

• B. By isolating new knowledge from existing knowledge

• C. By integrating new information with existing knowledge in meaningful ways

• D. By rejecting new information and sticking to existing knowledge

What does the successful learner do to achieve complex learning goals?

• B. Creates and uses a repertoire of thinking and reasoning strategies

• A. Relies solely on natural talent without using any strategies

• D. Relies on luck to achieve complex learning goals

• C. Avoids using any thinking or reasoning strategies

What does the successful learner do in terms of thinking about thinking?

• C. Reflects on how they think and learn, and uses higher order strategies for selecting and monitoring mental operations

• A. Avoids reflecting on how they think and learn

• D. Relies on others to do the thinking about thinking for them

• B. Uses lower order strategies for selecting and monitoring mental operations

How is learning influenced by environmental factors?

• A. Learning is not influenced by environmental factors

• B. Learning is only influenced by cultural factors

• C. Learning is influenced by environmental factors such as culture, technology, and instructional practices

• D. Learning is only influenced by technology and not by culture

What influences the motivation to learn?

• A. Only external factors such as rewards and punishments

• B. Only the individual's emotional states

• D. Only the individual's beliefs about themselves as learners

• C. The individual's emotional states, beliefs, interests and goals, and habits of thinking

What contributes to intrinsic motivation to learn?

• B. Tasks that are not of optimal novelty and difficulty

• C. Tasks that are of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control

• A. Tasks that are irrelevant to personal interests

• D. Tasks that are not of optimal novelty and difficulty, and not relevant to personal interests

What is the effect of motivation on effort?

• B. Motivation only affects effort through coercion

• D. Acquisition of complex knowledge and skills requires extended learner effort and guided practice, and this effort is unlikely without coercion

• A. Motivation does not affect effort

• C. Acquisition of complex knowledge and skills requires extended learner effort and guided practice, and this effort is unlikely without coercion

How do developmental influences affect learning?

• A. They have no impact on learning

• B. They only impact learning in the intellectual domain

• C. Learning is most effective when differential development within and across physical, intellectual, emotional, and social domains is taken into account

• D. They only impact learning in the emotional domain