Exam 1: Human Learning

A student concerned about test anxiety took some time away from his studies to reflect on possible reasons for this reaction. His search for an explanation is an example of

An elementary student attends classes the last day of school despite illness so she will not miss out on the Perfect Attendance Award. This an example of

Beliefs may be described as

Change in performance is preceded by

Which of the following represents an instance of learning?

Ethical concerns are the responsibility of

Statements which summarize relationships are

A useful theory

Scientific method involves

A common student complaint is that skills and knowledge acquired in the classroom do not relate to their day-to-day lives. To the extent that this is true, one may say that

After listening to rather surprising results obtained in a fellow student's research study, a second student decides to do a similar study applying the methodology to a different population. What about the first study may account for the motivation of the second student?

The following behavior changes illustrate learning:

If-then statements may also be referred to as

To commit the nominal fallacy is to

A double-blind procedure relates to

Control groups are

Evidence that learning has occurred is seen in

Carefully testing a favorite folk saying, the research results did not verify the claimed relationship. Assuming the soundness of the research methodology, what may be concluded?

The branch of philosophy known as epistemology asks

A way to be sure that an observed relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable does indeed exist is by