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WorksheetsPrinciples and theories of learning and performance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which one of these is a characteristic of a performer in the cognitive stage of learning?
Can interpret knowledge of performance easily
Concentrates on fine details within performance
Interprets kinaesthetic feedback easily
Uses trial and error in approach to a task
The zone of proximal learning is a feature of which one of the following theories of learning?
Social learning
Behaviourism
Constructivism
Insight learning
What are the three stages of development in Vygotsky ’s Social Development Theory.
What can I do (alone), What can I do with help & What can I not yet do.
Cognitive, Associative & Autonomous
Behaviourism, Cognitivism & Constructivism
Trial and error learning, coach manipulation of the environment
& shaping of behaviour.
Which of the following are features of operant conditioning?
What can I do (alone), What can I do with help & What can I not yet do.
Cognitive, Associative & Autonomous
Behaviourism, Cognitivism & Constructivism
Trial and error learning, coach manipulation of the environment
& shaping of behaviour.
According to Fitts & Posner, what are the stages of learning?
What can I do (alone), What can I do with help & What can I not yet do.
Cognitive, Associative & Autonomous
Behaviourism, Cognitivism & Constructivism
Trial and error learning, coach manipulation of the environment
& shaping of behaviour.
What is social learning?
Learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others
Using experience and understanding to solve problems relating to the whole skill.
The use of reinforcement to ensure that correct responses are repeated.
Learning by association with others.
What is insight learning?
Learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others
Using experience and understanding to solve problems relating to the whole skill.
The use of reinforcement to ensure that correct responses are repeated.
Learning by association with others.
What is operant conditioning?
Learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others
Using experience and understanding to solve problems relating to the whole skill.
The use of reinforcement to ensure that correct responses are repeated.
Learning by association with others.
What are the processes of observational learning?
Attention, Retention, Motor production, Motivation
Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing
Input, Decision-Making & Output
Intra-Psychological Learning & Inter-Psychological Learning
What is a learning plateau?
A period where there is steady improvement in performance
A period where there is rapid improvement in performance
A period where there is rapid decline in performance
A period where there is no improvement in performance
What is positive reinforcement?
The adding of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The removal of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The conditioning of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The permanent change in performance associated with experience.
What is negative reinforcement?
The adding of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The removal of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The conditioning of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The permanent change in performance associated with experience.
What is learning?
The adding of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The removal of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The conditioning of a stimulus to change behaviour.
The permanent change in performance associated with experience.
According to Social Development Theory it is "Learning from within after gaining external knowledge from others".
Intra-Psychological Learning
Inter-Psychological Learning
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
MKO (More Knowledgeable Other)
According to Social Development Theory it is "Learning from others externally".
Intra-Psychological Learning
Inter-Psychological Learning
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
MKO (More Knowledgeable Other)
According to Social Development Theory it is "The next stage of learning based on the performer’s needs, expectations and current level of performance".
Intra-Psychological Learning
Inter-Psychological Learning
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
MKO (More Knowledgeable Other)
According to Social Development Theory it is "Anyone who has a better understanding or a higher ability level than the learner".
Intra-Psychological Learning
Inter-Psychological Learning
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
MKO (More Knowledgeable Other)
The first stage of learning in which performances are inconsistent and not success is not guaranteed.
Associative
Autonomous
Cognitive
Plateau
The stage of learning in which performances are becoming more consistent, and performers start to detect and correct their own errors.
Associative
Autonomous
Cognitive
Plateau
The stage of learning in which performances have become consistent, and skill performance involves little or no conscious thought.
Associative
Autonomous
Cognitive
Plateau
