Factors Influencing Learning (Text & Quiz)

What does the document suggest about the nature of learning?

• Learning is a simple process that is easy to define.

• Learning is a complex process that defies easy definition and description.

• Learning is only influenced by external factors.

• Learning is the same for everyone.

What is implicit learning?

• Learning that occurs without conscious awareness

• Learning through repeated exposure

• Learning through association of stimuli

• Learning through reinforcement

What is the term for the form of learning where past experiences influence behavior without conscious effort?

• Perceptual learning

• Implicit memory

• Nonassociative learning

• Operant conditioning

What is nonassociative learning?

• Learning through the association of two stimuli

• Learning through repeated exposure to a single stimulus

• Learning through reinforcement and punishment

• Learning through observation

What is the term for the decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure?

• Sensitization

• Habituation

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

What is sensitization?

• Decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure

• Increase in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure

• Learning through association of stimuli

• Learning through reinforcement

What is classical conditioning?

• Learning through the association of two stimuli

• Learning through reinforcement and punishment

• Learning through observation

• Learning through repeated exposure

What is operant conditioning?

• Learning through the association of two stimuli

• Learning through reinforcement and punishment

• Learning through observation

• Learning through repeated exposure

Which of the following factors is NOT one of the four groups of factors classified by Jenkins (1979) that affect learning and memory?

• Learners

• Encoding activities

• Materials

• Motivation

According to the text, what is one of the important variables that affect learning?

• Long-term memory

• Working memory capacity

• Sensory memory

• Episodic memory