WGU D307 Educational Psychology
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is working memory (sometimes known as short-term memory)? ✔✔It actively processes a
small amount of information, typically holding it for less than a minute.
What is positive reinforcement? ✔✔Reinforcement consists of getting something a learner finds
desirable.
What is metacognition? ✔✔Thinking about thinking
What is an accurate comparison between behaviorist and social cognitive theories of learning.
✔✔social cognitive theorists propose that reinforcement affects observers as well as the
individuals actually being reinforced.
In what way does self-efficacy differ from the term self-concept? ✔✔self-efficacy varies
depending on the specific task to be performed
The term negative reinforcement can best be described as a situation in which: ✔✔Something
the learner doesn't want is taken away after a response
,- No homework after doing well on an exam
- Car chiming until you put your seatbelt on
Ms. O'Connor reinforces James every time she sees him reading independently. Once he is
reading frequently, she begins to reinforce him only every second time, then only every third
time, and so on, gradually reinforcing him less and less often. From a behaviorist perspective, we
can predict Jimmy will: ✔✔Continue to read independently
Which one of the following statements best characterizes ho reinforement of incompatible
behavior can help reduce inappropriate behavior in the classroom? ✔✔An undesirable behavior
will decrease when a student is reinforced for a behavior in an opposite manner
Social cognitive theory can best be characterized as being concerned with learning: ✔✔through
observations of others
One characteristic common to all behavorist learning theories is an emphasis on: ✔✔the effect of
the environment on learning
,Which one of the following statements best describes positive reinforcement? ✔✔Reinforcement
consists of getting something a learner wants.
If we want to enhance students' metacognitive processes during problem solving, we would be
most likely to: ✔✔suggest questions that students might ask themselves as they work on
problems.
Which one of the following is the best illustration of metacognition? ✔✔Dolly is studying for a
history test. She knows that she has trouble with dates, so she checks herself by giving herself a
short quiz after each chapter.
Criterion-Referenced Assessment ✔✔- Helps to figure out whether of not the teaching and
students' learning meet the international goals and the content area standards for the covered
material.
- assess strengths and weaknesses of students' understanding
- Focus is on standards
Which one of the following eamples illustrates informal assessment? ✔✔observing how students
handle the ball as they play soccer in gym class
, Which one of the following is the best example of performance assessment ✔✔having students
do as many push-ups as they can
by encouraging students to evaluate their own performance during assessment activities we are
most likely to: ✔✔promote self-regulation
Which one of the following is a legitimate concern about the use of performance assessment?
✔✔its reliability and content validitly are sometimes questionable.
Which of the following students show motivation consistent with theoretical views of self worth?
✔✔Monica doesn't read the comments her teacher has written on her research paper because she
suspects that they're not very flattering.
which one of the following statements best describes motivation theorists' concept of sense of
self-determination? ✔✔Believing that you have some choice about what you do.
Norm-Referenced Assessment ✔✔- Individual performance
- In your music class the teacher decides on chair order by having your whole trumpet section
play the same piece and then evaluates their quality relative to the other students.
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
What is working memory (sometimes known as short-term memory)? ✔✔It actively processes a
small amount of information, typically holding it for less than a minute.
What is positive reinforcement? ✔✔Reinforcement consists of getting something a learner finds
desirable.
What is metacognition? ✔✔Thinking about thinking
What is an accurate comparison between behaviorist and social cognitive theories of learning.
✔✔social cognitive theorists propose that reinforcement affects observers as well as the
individuals actually being reinforced.
In what way does self-efficacy differ from the term self-concept? ✔✔self-efficacy varies
depending on the specific task to be performed
The term negative reinforcement can best be described as a situation in which: ✔✔Something
the learner doesn't want is taken away after a response
,- No homework after doing well on an exam
- Car chiming until you put your seatbelt on
Ms. O'Connor reinforces James every time she sees him reading independently. Once he is
reading frequently, she begins to reinforce him only every second time, then only every third
time, and so on, gradually reinforcing him less and less often. From a behaviorist perspective, we
can predict Jimmy will: ✔✔Continue to read independently
Which one of the following statements best characterizes ho reinforement of incompatible
behavior can help reduce inappropriate behavior in the classroom? ✔✔An undesirable behavior
will decrease when a student is reinforced for a behavior in an opposite manner
Social cognitive theory can best be characterized as being concerned with learning: ✔✔through
observations of others
One characteristic common to all behavorist learning theories is an emphasis on: ✔✔the effect of
the environment on learning
,Which one of the following statements best describes positive reinforcement? ✔✔Reinforcement
consists of getting something a learner wants.
If we want to enhance students' metacognitive processes during problem solving, we would be
most likely to: ✔✔suggest questions that students might ask themselves as they work on
problems.
Which one of the following is the best illustration of metacognition? ✔✔Dolly is studying for a
history test. She knows that she has trouble with dates, so she checks herself by giving herself a
short quiz after each chapter.
Criterion-Referenced Assessment ✔✔- Helps to figure out whether of not the teaching and
students' learning meet the international goals and the content area standards for the covered
material.
- assess strengths and weaknesses of students' understanding
- Focus is on standards
Which one of the following eamples illustrates informal assessment? ✔✔observing how students
handle the ball as they play soccer in gym class
, Which one of the following is the best example of performance assessment ✔✔having students
do as many push-ups as they can
by encouraging students to evaluate their own performance during assessment activities we are
most likely to: ✔✔promote self-regulation
Which one of the following is a legitimate concern about the use of performance assessment?
✔✔its reliability and content validitly are sometimes questionable.
Which of the following students show motivation consistent with theoretical views of self worth?
✔✔Monica doesn't read the comments her teacher has written on her research paper because she
suspects that they're not very flattering.
which one of the following statements best describes motivation theorists' concept of sense of
self-determination? ✔✔Believing that you have some choice about what you do.
Norm-Referenced Assessment ✔✔- Individual performance
- In your music class the teacher decides on chair order by having your whole trumpet section
play the same piece and then evaluates their quality relative to the other students.
