What is incidental learning? How is it assessed and how does it develop?
What will be an ideal response?
Incidental learning represents learning irrelevant features of a task. For example,
children could be told a story and asked about the main plot and overall conclusion.
These assessments would represent task relevant learning—such learning improves
with age. However, we could also assess less important features of the story, in this
assessment, younger children generally perform better. This result may inform us as to
why older children engage in more task relevant learning, that is, their thinking is more
attentive and organized.
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a. ?operant; classical b. ?primary; secondary c. ?secondary; primary d. ?classical; operant
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a. the cognitive component of Carlos' attitude toward his landlord b. the affective component of Carlos' attitude toward his landlord c. the behavioral component of Carlos' attitude toward his landlord d. the physiological component of Carlos' attitude toward his landlord
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a. 25 for men and 23 for women by 2010 b. 28 for men and 26 for women by 2010 c. 30 for men and 28 for women by 2010 d. 32 for men and 30 for women by 2010