Exam 8: Social Cognitive Views of Learning

Mark often comes to school wearing sandals instead of sneakers on days that he has physical education.He is getting angry with himself regarding his chronic forgetfulness about appropriate footwear.His teacher suggests that he treat himself to an hour of television only on days when he has remembered to wear sneakers.Mark's teacher is suggesting that Mark use:

Three of the following statements are true with regard to students' self-efficacy.Which statement is false?

Mr.Cameron wants to increase his female students' self-efficacy for mastering simple car maintenance procedures.He can best do this by:

Which one of the following strategies is most likely to promote self-regulation in students?

Bruno has a high sense of self-efficacy regarding his ability to work with his hands.Based on this information, we would predict three of the following from social cognitive theory.Which one of the following would we not necessarily predict?

You are teaching your students how to do something-perhaps how to solve a math problem, write a research paper, or do a side dismount from the parallel bars-and you find that your students have low self-efficacy for doing the task. a.Describe a specific task that you might eventually be teaching. b.Considering the factors affecting self-efficacy that the textbook describes, develop two strategies you might use to enhance your students' self-efficacy for performing the task.For each one, describe what you would do in specific and concrete terms.

Which one of the following examples best illustrates a student who has had mediation training?

Which one of the following statements best illustrates social cognitive theorists' notion of reciprocal causation?

Which one of the following is the best example of a student working for an incentive?

Which of the following is not one of the assumptions of Social Cognitive Theory?

In social cognitive theorists' conceptualization of reciprocal causation, which one of the following is a person factor?

Nora has a quick temper, overreacting in anger every time one of her classmates does something she does not like.Her teacher suggests that whenever another student annoys her, she should: (1) stop to decide what behaviour in particular is bothering her; (2) think about several possible ways of responding to the behaviour; and, (3) choose the response that is most likely to be both productive and prosocial.In self-regulation terminology, the teacher is trying to promote ________ in Nora.

A guest speaker is coming to your classroom, and you want your students to treat her with courtesy and respect.You decide to give your students 15 minutes of free time if they show appropriate behaviour during the guest's visit.From the perspective of social cognitive theory, your reinforcement is only likely to work if your students:

Two boys are fighting on school grounds during recess.Fighting is against school rules, and the boys know this.Even so, a teacher who sees them lets them continue to fight rather than punishing them for doing so.Judging from what social cognitive theorists say regarding what happens when expected punishments do not occur, we can predict that these boys will be:

Three of the following are characteristics that you might observe among students with physical challenges when promoting social learning.Which one of the following is not?

Listed below are four reasons why students might not want to take their schoolwork seriously or to try very hard to succeed at classroom tasks.Which one of these reasons is consistent with the concept of self-efficacy?

Which of the following is not a stated characteristic of effective models?

Define the concept of vicarious reinforcement and give a concrete classroom example to illustrate its effects on students' behaviour.

According to a Canadian poll (Environics, 1993), what do Canadians believe is the most important issue facing public school?

If we consider the concept of reciprocal causation, we must conclude that students' classroom experience is influenced: