Exam 4: Learning and Transfer of Training

In the context of expectancy theory, explaining to trainees that they will receive valued rewards if they perform well helps to promote instrumentality beliefs.

Learners with a high performance orientation will direct greater attention to learning for the sake of learning.

In the context of expectancy theory, ensuring that trainees are confident in their ability to learn helps to promote instrumentality beliefs.

"Design and code a computer program that meets customer requirements" is an example of which of the following learning outcomes?

In the learning process, semantic encoding typically involves ________.

Automatization of tasks increases memory demands.

Describe the principles of adult learning theory (andragogy) and their implications for training design and delivery.

Making a hamburger at a fast-food restaurant is an example of a closed skill.

Describe what are meant by self-efficacy beliefs and how they can be enhanced in a training context.

________ refers to practicing a task continuously without breaks.

Which of the following strategies is least appropriate for supporting the transfer of open skills?

Which of the following creates a learning orientation in trainees?

Adult learning theory assumes that adults enter a learning experience with a subject-centered approach to learning.

________ refers to individual control over one's thinking.

Identical elements are more appropriate for open skills as opposed to closed skills.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of communities of practice (COPs)?

Intellectual skill as a learning outcome primarily includes the capability to ________.

________ is a learning process that involves identifying learned material in long-term memory and using it to influence performance.

________ relates to the learner's decision regarding what information to attend to, how to remember, and how to solve problems.

In error management training, trainees are instructed that errors hamper learning and should largely be avoided.