Facilitating Learning Check-up Quiz

Skinner’s operant conditioning model explains learning as a process

• in which behavior is shaped and maintained by consequences.

• of genetic shaping and change.

• of change based on insight and learning.

• by which reflex action is modified and shaped.

Which is a classroom application on operant conditioning?

• Make students learn by operating manipulatives.

• Create a classroom atmosphere that elicits relaxation

• Help students see the connectedness of facts, concepts, and principles.

• Reinforce a good behavior to increase the likelihood that the learner will repeat the response.

The practice of motivating students before we proceed to our lesson proper is in accordance with the Law of

• Exercise

• Readiness

• Effect

• Connectedness

Which practice is based on Thorndike’s connectionism?

• Link teaching and testing

• Make use of drill and rewards for students to learn

• Use collaborative learning often

• Make use of mnemonics to aid student’s memory

John Watson said: “Men are built, not born.” What does this statement point to?

• The effect of environmental stimulation on a person’s environment

• The absence of genetic influence on a person’s development

• The ineffectiveness of training on a person’s development

• The effect of heredity

A Music teacher is careful in preparing activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and rewards correct answers. What view of learning is established?

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

• Meaningful learning

• Social learning

A person who had painful experience at the dentist’s office may become fearful at the sight of the dentist’s office. Which theory can explain this?

• Generalization

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Attribution Theory

As a classroom manager, Miss Marianne is generous with sincere praise. What is the advantage of her practice?

• It conditions students’ discipline.

• It satisfies students’ need for praise.

• It is appreciated.

• It reinforces positive behavior.

A child treats his friend as highly aggressive. This is because his experiences with his father who is also highly aggressive. This is demonstrated by what theory?

• Social learning theory

• Operant conditioning

• Cognitive development

• Classical conditioning

Which of the following situation displays observational learning as contributed by Bandura?

• A child imitating her mother putting on a make-up.

• A child observing her mother put on a make-up and does not show any reaction to it.

• A child grabbing the make-up of her mother and using it as a toy.

• A child baby-talking to her mother and asking her why she wears make-up.