The most important factor that determines the amount of scaffolding needed by a learner is the _____.
a. schemes to be learned
b. learner’s current ability
c. teacher’s lesson plan
d. complexity of the lesson
b. learner’s current ability
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Emily, at age 6, is scared of the dark. Her parents ignore her when she says that she doesn't want to go to sleep with the door closed, because they think her fear will go away if they don't respond to it. Emily's parents are trying to:
a. classically condition a new response to the dark room. b. extinguish her fear of the dark. c. negatively reinforce her fear of the dark. d. operantly condition a new response to the dark room.
Which of the following statements most accurately describes a comparison between behaviorism and social cognitive theory?
a. Behaviorism focuses on behaviors that have direct causes outside the learner, whereas social cognitive theory focuses on changes in behavior resulting from observing others. b. Behaviorism focuses on stimuli and responses, as well as reinforcers and punishers, but social cognitive theory does not consider reinforcers and punishers. c. Behaviorism emphasizes the role of feedback in the form of reinforcers and punishers on learners' behaviors, but feedback is not a part of social cognitive theory. d. Behaviorism emphasizes stimuli and responses that result in observable changes in learner behavior, whereas social cognitive theory emphasizes changes in observable behavior that result from reinforcers and punishers.
Kim learns about the graphing strategy that Bryce used with a patient with brain injury in a single-subject study. Kim wants to replicate the study with her patient who scratches until she causes herself injury. The type of replication that Kim's use of the graphing strategy illustrates in this case is
a. direct replication. b. transfer replication. c. systematic replication. d. clinical replication.
Which of the following is not a question answered by two-way ANOVAs?
A. Does one of other of the factors systematically affect the results? B. Are the mean responses the same across all levels of a factor? C. Do the two factors interact? D. Does one level affect the dependent variable significantly more than the others?