Question 1

If a crossover interaction is observed, when a curriculum is changed from an emphasis on visual learning to one emphasizing auditory learning, visual learners should:

Accepted Answer

A) perform as well as auditory learners on auditory comprehension tests 
B) outperform auditory learners on tests emphasizing listening 
C) perform more poorly than auditory learners on verbal tests 
D) perform exceptionally regardless of testing procedure 
A) perform as well as auditory learners on auditory comprehension tests 
B) outperform auditory learners on tests emphasizing listening 
C) perform more poorly than auditory learners on verbal tests 
D) perform exceptionally regardless of testing procedure C

Question 2

Based on Rogowsky, Calhoun, and Tallal's research, educators should:

Accepted Answer

A) develop strategies to promote auditory learning in verbal learners 
B) emphasize visual word skill development in students regardless of their learning style preferences 
C) deploy brain-based strategies for auditory learning 
D) match the student's learning style preference with the mode of instruction 
A) develop strategies to promote auditory learning in verbal learners 
B) emphasize visual word skill development in students regardless of their learning style preferences 
C) deploy brain-based strategies for auditory learning 
D) match the student's learning style preference with the mode of instruction B

Question 3

The research on learning styles suggests that:

Accepted Answer

A) few if any studies have demonstrated the efficacy of this educational approach 
B) students with visual-learning preferences benefit from auditory instruction 
C) auditory-based learning enhances performance in both auditory and visual tasks 
D) auditory instruction facilitates learning of auditory learners 
A) few if any studies have demonstrated the efficacy of this educational approach 
B) students with visual-learning preferences benefit from auditory instruction 
C) auditory-based learning enhances performance in both auditory and visual tasks 
D) auditory instruction facilitates learning of auditory learners A

Question 4

Of the following theorists, who has argued that the maturational stage of the learner is essential to understand the learning process?

Accepted Answer

A) Pavlov 
B) Piaget 
C) Skinner 
D) Watson 
A) Pavlov 
B) Piaget 
C) Skinner 
D) Watson

Question 5

Proponents of brain-based strategies for education have:

Accepted Answer

A) introduced revolutionary approaches to educating students 
B) demonstrated indisputably the novelty of their approaches 
C) shown that traditional educational methods are not brain-based 
D) merely repackaged approaches already based on traditional learning theory 
A) introduced revolutionary approaches to educating students 
B) demonstrated indisputably the novelty of their approaches 
C) shown that traditional educational methods are not brain-based 
D) merely repackaged approaches already based on traditional learning theory

Question 6

In order to understand learning, given the current state of knowledge, it is likely that:

Accepted Answer

A) multiple approaches will be necessary 
B) a purely cognitive approach will suffice 
C) a resurgence of radical behaviorism is warranted 
D) classical conditioning approaches will be most informative 
A) multiple approaches will be necessary 
B) a purely cognitive approach will suffice 
C) a resurgence of radical behaviorism is warranted 
D) classical conditioning approaches will be most informative

Question 7

Scientists studying split-brain patients suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A) the brain actually operates as a whole in intact brains 
B) language education should focus on developing left-brain function 
C) right-brain dominant students should study music 
D) educational strategies for enhancing creativity should be right-brain centered 
A) the brain actually operates as a whole in intact brains 
B) language education should focus on developing left-brain function 
C) right-brain dominant students should study music 
D) educational strategies for enhancing creativity should be right-brain centered

Question 8

Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, and Bjork (2009) were commissioned to study:

Accepted Answer

A) how verbal learning education can promote intellectual growth 
B) whether brain-based educational initiatives could be deployed in schools 
C) whether the notion of learning styles is supported by scientific evidence 
D) auditory learning approaches should be widely used in schools 
A) how verbal learning education can promote intellectual growth 
B) whether brain-based educational initiatives could be deployed in schools 
C) whether the notion of learning styles is supported by scientific evidence 
D) auditory learning approaches should be widely used in schools

Question 9

Contemporary theories of learning are often:

Accepted Answer

A) large-scale efforts covering molecular as well as molar behaviors 
B) minor extensions of Skinnerian thinking 
C) more narrowly focused and thus more manageable than the 20th century theories 
D) wholesale rejections of the elementistic approaches of earlier theories 
A) large-scale efforts covering molecular as well as molar behaviors 
B) minor extensions of Skinnerian thinking 
C) more narrowly focused and thus more manageable than the 20th century theories 
D) wholesale rejections of the elementistic approaches of earlier theories

Question 10

The notion that a student's performance on a test will be enhanced if the mode of instruction aligns with the student's preferred style of learning is called:

Accepted Answer

A) the Zeigarnik effect 
B) transfer of training 
C) the recency effect 
D) the meshing hypothesis 
A) the Zeigarnik effect 
B) transfer of training 
C) the recency effect 
D) the meshing hypothesis

If a crossover interaction is observed, when a curriculum is changed from an emphasis on visual learning to one emphasizing auditory learning, visual learners should:

Based on Rogowsky, Calhoun, and Tallal's research, educators should:

The research on learning styles suggests that:

Of the following theorists, who has argued that the maturational stage of the learner is essential to understand the learning process?

Proponents of brain-based strategies for education have:

In order to understand learning, given the current state of knowledge, it is likely that:

Scientists studying split-brain patients suggest that:

Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, and Bjork (2009) were commissioned to study:

Contemporary theories of learning are often:

The notion that a student's performance on a test will be enhanced if the mode of instruction aligns with the student's preferred style of learning is called:

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

Edwin Ray Guthrie

William Kaye Estes

Gestalt Theory

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

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Exam 16: A Final Word

If a crossover interaction is observed, when a curriculum is changed from an emphasis on visual learning to one emphasizing auditory learning, visual learners should:

Based on Rogowsky, Calhoun, and Tallal's research, educators should:

The research on learning styles suggests that:

Of the following theorists, who has argued that the maturational stage of the learner is essential to understand the learning process?

Proponents of brain-based strategies for education have:

In order to understand learning, given the current state of knowledge, it is likely that:

Scientists studying split-brain patients suggest that:

Pashler, McDaniel, Rohrer, and Bjork (2009) were commissioned to study:

Contemporary theories of learning are often:

The notion that a student's performance on a test will be enhanced if the mode of instruction aligns with the student's preferred style of learning is called:

What Is Learning?

Approaches to the Study of Learning

Early Notions About Learning

Edward Lee Thorndike

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

Clark Leonard Hull

Ivan Petrovich Pavlov

Edwin Ray Guthrie

William Kaye Estes

Gestalt Theory

Jean Piaget

Edward Chace Tolman

Albert Bandura

Donald Olding Hebb

Robert C. Bolles and Evolutionary Psychology

Filters