Praxis PLT (5) Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Behaviorism
Answer:
View learning as a process of accessing and changing
associations between stimuli and responses.
Question 2:
What do behaviorists
believe?
Answer:
Behaviorists believe that our responses to
environmental stimuli shape our actions.
Question 3:
Who are key behaviorism
theorists?
Answer:
B.F. Skinner
Edward Thorndike
Ivan Pavlov
Question 4:
How is behaviorism shown
in the classroom?
Answer:
For example, in a second grade classroom, the
teacher noticed the children were taking too long to
put their things away and get ready for new activities.
The teacher decided to use behaviorism to try to
,change this behavior. To change the behavior, the
teacher would make note of the first table to get their
things away and be ready to change activities and
would give this table a star on a chart. Once one table
had a certain number of stars, the children received a
reward (positive reinforcement). The students'
behavior changed quickly; soon enough all the
children would put away their materials and be
waiting quietly to start something new within a minute
of being told.
Question 5:
Classical Conditioning
Answer:
-First described by Ivan Pavlov (Russian)
-Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex
-Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors
Ex. A dog that salivates when it sees food.
Question 6:
Operational Conditioning
Answer:
-First described by B. F. Skinner (American)
-Involves applying reinforcement or punishment after
a behavior
-Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary
behaviors
Ex. A trainer is trying to teach a dog to fetch a ball.
When the dog successful chases and picks up the
ball, the dog receives praise as a reward.
Question 7:
Edward Thorndike
Answer:
Created laws of learning which provides additional
insight into what makes people learn most effectively.
,Question 8:
Law of Readiness (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
People learn best when they are ready to learn.
Question 9:
Law of Exercise (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
People can enhance their memory through repetition,
based on drill and practice.
Question 10:
Law of Effect (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
Learning is strengthened when it is accompanied with
a pleasant or nonthreatening situation or environment
but is decreased when associated with an unpleasant
situation or environment.
Question 11:
Law of Primacy (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
First impressions are often strong, almost unshakable.
Things learned first stay with us longer.
, Question 12:
Law of Intensity (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
The more intense the material taught, the more likely
it will be retained. A sharp, clear, vivid, dramatic, or
exciting learning experience teaches more than a
routine or boring experience.
Question 13:
Law of Recency (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
This law basically means, all things being equal, things
most recently learned are best remembered.
Question 14:
Law of Freedom (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
States that things freely learned are best learned.
Conversely, the further a student is coerced, the more
difficult is for him to learn, assimilate and implement
what is learned.
Question 15:
Constructivism
Answer:
Views learning as a process in which the learner
constructs knowledge based on their past
experiences.
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Behaviorism
Answer:
View learning as a process of accessing and changing
associations between stimuli and responses.
Question 2:
What do behaviorists
believe?
Answer:
Behaviorists believe that our responses to
environmental stimuli shape our actions.
Question 3:
Who are key behaviorism
theorists?
Answer:
B.F. Skinner
Edward Thorndike
Ivan Pavlov
Question 4:
How is behaviorism shown
in the classroom?
Answer:
For example, in a second grade classroom, the
teacher noticed the children were taking too long to
put their things away and get ready for new activities.
The teacher decided to use behaviorism to try to
,change this behavior. To change the behavior, the
teacher would make note of the first table to get their
things away and be ready to change activities and
would give this table a star on a chart. Once one table
had a certain number of stars, the children received a
reward (positive reinforcement). The students'
behavior changed quickly; soon enough all the
children would put away their materials and be
waiting quietly to start something new within a minute
of being told.
Question 5:
Classical Conditioning
Answer:
-First described by Ivan Pavlov (Russian)
-Involves placing a neutral signal before a reflex
-Focuses on involuntary, automatic behaviors
Ex. A dog that salivates when it sees food.
Question 6:
Operational Conditioning
Answer:
-First described by B. F. Skinner (American)
-Involves applying reinforcement or punishment after
a behavior
-Focuses on strengthening or weakening voluntary
behaviors
Ex. A trainer is trying to teach a dog to fetch a ball.
When the dog successful chases and picks up the
ball, the dog receives praise as a reward.
Question 7:
Edward Thorndike
Answer:
Created laws of learning which provides additional
insight into what makes people learn most effectively.
,Question 8:
Law of Readiness (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
People learn best when they are ready to learn.
Question 9:
Law of Exercise (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
People can enhance their memory through repetition,
based on drill and practice.
Question 10:
Law of Effect (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
Learning is strengthened when it is accompanied with
a pleasant or nonthreatening situation or environment
but is decreased when associated with an unpleasant
situation or environment.
Question 11:
Law of Primacy (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
First impressions are often strong, almost unshakable.
Things learned first stay with us longer.
, Question 12:
Law of Intensity (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
The more intense the material taught, the more likely
it will be retained. A sharp, clear, vivid, dramatic, or
exciting learning experience teaches more than a
routine or boring experience.
Question 13:
Law of Recency (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
This law basically means, all things being equal, things
most recently learned are best remembered.
Question 14:
Law of Freedom (Edward
Thorndike)
Answer:
States that things freely learned are best learned.
Conversely, the further a student is coerced, the more
difficult is for him to learn, assimilate and implement
what is learned.
Question 15:
Constructivism
Answer:
Views learning as a process in which the learner
constructs knowledge based on their past
experiences.
