TEST BANK for Human Learning, 8th Edition by Ormrod, Verified Chapters 1 - 15, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK for Human Learning, 8th Edition by Ormrod, Verified Chapters 1 - 15, Complete Newest Version TEST BANK for Human Learning, 8th Edition by Ormrod, Verified Chapters 1 - 15, Complete Newes...
TEST BANK for Human Learning
8th Edition Ormrod, CHAPTER 1 - 15
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Multiple Choice Questions
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Human beings undoubtedly learn more during the course of a lifetime than
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any other species on earth. The major result of this capacity to learn is that:
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New instincts begin to emerge.dk dk dk dk
Human thought becomes less logical with each generation.
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Humans can benefit from their experiences. dk dk dk dk dk
Humans are the only species whose behavior cannot be analyzed in
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terms of stimuli and responses. dk dk dk dk
Three of the following are examples of learning. Which one is not?
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Abigail cries when she steps on a sharp pebble.
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After many hours of heated debate, Brian begins to advocate
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political practices he has previously opposed.dk dk dk dk dk
Cara suddenly recognizes how the division fact ―24 ’ 4 = 6‖ is related
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to the multiplication fact ―6 x 4 = 24.‖
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David has been running away from German shepherds ever since he
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was bitten by a German shepherd two years ago.
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Reynelda has trouble tracing a complex shape with a pencil when she is in
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kindergarten, but she can do it quite well by the time she is in second grade. Is
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this an instance of learning?
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Yes, because her behavior has changed.
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No, because the circumstances are too dissimilar.
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Maybe, although the change may simply be due to
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Maybe, but only if she is being reinforced for tracing accurately.
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Perspectives on Learning
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Three of the following illustrate various ways that learning might be reflect
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ed in a person‘s behavior. Which one of the following changes does not necessa
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rily reflect learning?
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Although it‘s a school night, Dean plays video games until well past his
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usual bedtime. As he becomes more tired, he finds it increasingly diffic
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ult to concentrate on what he‘s doing.
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Even as a young child, Jerry could tell you that his grandparents
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immigrated to the United States from Ireland. But after a conver dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk
sation with his grandmother, he can now describe the circumstan
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ces of the family‘s immigration in considerable detail.
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Day after day, Martin practices his basketball skills (shooting,dribblin
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g, etc.) on a basketball court at a local park. With each practice session,
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his movements become faster and smoother.
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Lewis occasionally asks for help when he has difficulty with his class
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work, but most of the time he just struggles quietly on his own. After h
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is teacher assures him that asking for help is not a sign of weakness or
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inability, he begins asking for help much more frequently. dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk
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c; Qualitative Qualit
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ative; AppliedBasic; dk k
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Applied
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A principle of learning can best be characterized as:
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A description of the results of a particular research study
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A statement that describes how a particular factor affects learning
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The measurement of how much learning has occurred in ap
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An explanation of the underlying processes through which learning occurs
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A theory of learning can best be characterized as:
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A description of the results of a particular research study
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A statement that describes how a particular factor affects learning
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The measurement of how much learning has occurred in ap
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An explanation of the underlying processes through which learning occurs
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Perspectives on Learning
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Three of the following are principles of learning. Which one is a theory
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of learning rather than a principle?
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A behavior that is followed by punishment decreases in frequency.
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People learn by making mental associations between new information
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and their existing knowledge.dk dk dk
A response that is rewarded every time it occurs increases more
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rapidly than a response that is only occasionally rewarded.
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Students tend to remember more of a lecture if they take notes onth
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e lecture‘s content.
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Which one of the following common sayings best reflects the concept
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of introspection?
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―Where there‘s a will, there‘s a way.‖ dk dk dk dk dk dk
―Nothing ventured, nothing gained.‖ dk dk dk
―A penny for your thoughts.‖ dk dk dk dk
―Old habits die hard.‖ dk dk dk
Which one of the following common sayings best reflects the basic
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premise underlying social learning theory?
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―Monkey see, monkey do.‖ dk dk dk
―Spare the rod and spoil the child.‖ dk dk dk dk dk dk
―A friend in need is a friend indeed.‖
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―A rolling stone gathers no moss.‖
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Which one of the following statements provides the most credible expla
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nation for the fact that human beings seem to surpass all other animalspeci
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es in their thinking and learning capacities?
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Only human beings have the capability to make tools.
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Humans communicate regularly with one another and, in doing so,
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pass along what they‘ve learned to future generations.
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Human beings have a huge repertoire of instinctual behaviors from
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which they can draw when they encounter new experiences.
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Human brains are smaller than those of other intelligent species (e.g.,
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elephants, dolphins) and therefore can transmit messages more quickly dk dk dk dk dk dk dk dk k
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