Exam 8: Social Cognitive Views of Learning

Imagine that you are a teacher in a specialized classroom for tenth-grade students who have behavioural problems.Describe three ways that you would promote social learning among your students and describe one activity that incorporates these in an authentic way.

According to social cognitive research into bullying, what role do peers play in bullying?

Three of the following depict situations in which a teacher is facilitating the retention component of modelling.Which one does not depict such a situation?

Which one of the following statements best reflects the concept of collective self-efficacy?

Social cognitive theorists tell us that students are most likely to work for goals that:

Define bullying generally as well as direct, indirect, and cyberbullying and provide concrete examples of each.Based on the Canadian research into bullying, design an anti-bullying program that addresses the influence of peers in the bullying process.

According to social cognitive theorists, reinforcement affects learning because it:

Your students will undoubtedly know a great many things, and they will not be able to show you everything they know.According to social cognitive theorists, your students will be most likely to show you things they:

Gang-related activity is increasing at the high school at which you teach.At a faculty meeting, the school principal voices her concern that hostile interactions among members of rival gangs are escalating.You think about the research described in the textbook regarding self-regulation, and then you suggest that the school:

Which one of the following statements best describes vicarious reinforcement?

Which one of the following examples illustrates vicarious reinforcement?

Which one of the following best illustrates self-imposed contingencies?

Three of the following students are showing signs of self-regulated learning.Which student does not show any evidence of self-regulated learning?

A number of assumptions underlie social cognitive theory.Describe three of these, and derive an implication of each one for classroom practice.

Self-regulated problem-solving strategies are considered to be most useful for which of the following students?

When students keep a written record of their own desirable and undesirable behaviours, then:

Social cognitive theorists propose that people often become increasingly self-regulating over time. a.Explain what social cognitive theorists mean by the term self-regulation. b.Identify a response you would like to see your students make in an increasingly self-regulated fashion.Then describe two specific strategies you might use to promote their self-regulation.Your strategies should be based on concepts and/or principles that social cognitive theorists provide.

Which one of the following instances of learning can be explained more easily by social cognitive theory than by operant conditioning?

Considering what we know about the kinds of models people are likely to imitate, we can guess that the girls in our classes will be least likely to imitate:

What differentiates bullying from other forms of aggression?