Deck 16: A Final Word

Question 1

Contemporary theories of learning are often:

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 20^th century theories
D)wholesale rejections of the elementistic approaches of earlier theories

Answer 1

more narrowly focused and thus more manageable than the 20^th century theories

Question 2

Scientists studying split-brain patients suggest that:

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

Answer 2

the brain actually operates as a whole in intact brains

Question 3

Proponents of brain-based strategies for education have:

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

Answer 3

merely repackaged approaches already based on traditional learning theory

Question 4

The research on learning styles suggests that:

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

Question 5

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:

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

Question 6

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

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 7

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:

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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 10

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

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