Three of the following are typically associated with mastery goals. Which one is associated with performance goals, and especially with performance-avoidance goals?
a. Believing that competent people usually succeed without much effort
b. Believing that errors are an inevitable part of the learning process
c. Engaging in such processes as meaningful learning and elaboration
d. Being satisfied with one's performance if it shows improvement over time
a
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a. ?tax revenues. b. ?donations. c. ?membership dues. d. ?conference fees.
A misconception of multicultural education is that
a. it is a broad concept and can include differences based on gender, sexual orientation, exceptionalities, class, religion and age. b. it seeks total school reform, so that all aspects of schools reflect our national diversity. c. it is only for schools with high numbers of ethnic minority students or schools with racial tension. d. its major goal is to eliminate racism and other forms of social oppression found in schools.
Peter and Paul are both listening to the same lecture. Peter is trying to learn the information being presented so that he can remember it later on. Paul is listening closely but not necessarily trying to remember it. From a levels-of-processing perspective, we would predict that:
a. Peter is engaging in incidental learning, so will probably remember more. b. Paul is likely to process the information at a deeper level, so will probably remember more. c. Both boys will remember the same amount if they process the information in the same way. d. Both boys will remember the same amount if they are equally alert.
An tact is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker:
a. differentially responds to the verbal behavior of others. b. asks for (or states, demands, implies, etc.) what he needs or wants c. repeats the verbal behavior of another speaker. d. names things and actions that the speaker has direct contact with through any of the sense modes.