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Learning Theories (Janine M. Desunia)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

When it comes to applying learning theory to the classroom, the most pressing problem for educators is:

a)

Getting students to learn

b)

Presenting students with the right stimuli on which to focus their attention and mental effort

c)

Presenting the learning material in a gender-neutral manner

d)

Finding age-appropriate learning materials.

2.

The use of pleasant and unpleasant consequences to change behavior is known as:

a)

Stimulus generalization

b)

Operant conditioning

c)

Pavlovian conditioning

d)

The conditioned reflex

3.

According to operant conditioning,

a)

Behavior is controlled by its consequences

b)

Once a behavior is learned, it is not forgotten

c)

Punishment can strengthen behavior

d)

Punishment and negative reinforcement are the same

4.

What term did Bandura use to refer to the overall process of social learning?

a)

Conditioning

b)

Self-efficacy

c)

Modelling

d)

Vicarious reinforcement

5.

Learning vicariously means that you

a)

Learn how to live life better

b)

Learn from observing or hearing about another's experiences

c)

Learn from listening to teachers

d)

From your own experiences

 

6.

What is considered a strength of Bandura’s Social Learning Theory?

a)

contribute greatly to the understanding of how environmental factors shape                       behavior

b)

concerned with important human social behaviors

c)

an evolving theory that is open to change

d)

All of the above

7.

Which of the following is NOT a constructivist view of learning?

a)

Learning is as such conceptual schemas

b)

Learning is an active meaning mankind process

c)

New learning is based on learner’s previous learning

d)

Learning is facilitated by social interaction

8.

Students learn meaningfully and effectively when teacher uses ____ approach for teaching-learning.

a)

Behavioristic

b)

Constructive

c)

Decontextualized

d)

Mechanical

9.

The experiential learning style theory is put forth by:

a)

Piaget

b)

Skinner

c)

Kolb

d)

Vygotsky

10.

Experiential learning is the process of making meaning from.

a)

direct experience

b)

indirect experience

c)

past experience

d)

future experience