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WorksheetsChapter 10 Social Cognitive Views of Learning
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 46mins
Social cognitive theory can be best characterized as being concerned with learning:
communication skills
socially appropriate behaviors
through observations of others
from a sociological rather than psychological perspective
Which one of the following statements best illustrates social cognitive theorists' notion of reciprocal causation?
Students are more likely to imitate a behavior for which they have seen their peers being reinforced
Learning a model can occur only if students are capable of performing the behavior they observe
Students are unlikely to exhibit a behavior for which they think they will be punished
The environment affects students' behavior, but their behavior also affects the environment they experience
Which of the following is an example of vicarious punishment?
Alice notices that her friend Ellen gets extra attention from the teacher when she acts helpless. Alice beings to act helpless as well.
Bill knows that he will get a higher grade if he turns in a research paper that is typed rather than handwritten, but he turns in a handwritten paper anyway
Connie sees her friend Maria scolded for chewing gum in class. She quickly takes out her own gum out of her mouth
David sees Justin gets good grades when he works hard on his mathematics homework, but David doesn't want to work that hard
Which one of the following is the best example of a student working for an incentive?
Arnold's teacher gives him a big hug after he surprises her by bringing her a cupcake from home
Betsy decides not to talk in class because her teacher ridiculed her earlier in the day when she gave an incorrect answer
Cyril stays out late even though he knows he will be punished when he gets home
Doris is studying with the hopes that she will pass her history test
Which one of the following alternatives best describes vicarious reinforcement?
Anticipating future reinforcement
receiving reinforcement after behaving inappropriately
remembering reinforcement that one has previously received
watching someone else receive reinforcement for a behavior
Two boys are fighting on school grounds during recess. Fighting is against school rules, and they know this. Even so, a teacher who sees them lets them continue to argue rather than punishing them for doing so. Judging from what social cognitive theorists say regarding what happens when expected punishments don't occur, we can predict that these boys will be:
less likely to fight in the future
more likely to fight in the future
likely to feel guilty unless they stop fighting
likely to imitate more appropriate social behaviors
which is an example of a symbolic model?
school principal
older brother or sister
detective on a television show
police officer who lives next door
Research studies that indicate that 3 of the following can be learned by observing models. For which one has modeling not been shown to be a significant factor in learning?
resisting the advances of strangers
increasing one's IQ score
prosocial behavior
agression
During a vocabulary lesson, a teacher talks aloud about how she herself ties to remember the meanings of new vocabulary words. For example,she says, "One of our words This Week is herald, which means 'to announce or give notice of.' How might I remember that? Oh, I know! I can think of the Boston Herald, a newspaper that my parents subscribed to when I was young. A newspaper announces what's happening in the world, so it makes sense that it's called The Herald." The teacher's statement is a good example of:
cognitive modeling
collective self-eficacy
vicarious reinforcement
self-monitoring
Considering what we know about the kinds of models people are likely to imitate, we can guess that the girl in our classes will be least likely to imitate:
Anita, a skillful auto mechanic
Brianne, head majorette in the school band
Claudia, the most popular girl in school
Darla, a graceful dancer
