TAP 2: Final - Learning Theorists

Which learning theory emphasizes how the mind processes information?

• Behaviorism

• Humanism

• Cognitivism

• Constructivism

What is the main idea behind Behaviorism?

• Learning through personal experiences

• Learning through interactions with the environment through a process of reinforcement and punishment

• Learning through social interactions with family and peers

• Learning through learning and memorization

What does Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs explain?

• How behaviors are learned through interactions with the environment

• How human needs are organized and satisfied

• How children develop intellectually

• How students construct knowledge

Which theory describes how children's intellectual development progresses?

• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Vygotsky's Theory of Zone of Proximal Development

• Piaget's theory of cognitive development

• Skinner's theory of Operant Conditioning

__________'s theory of classical conditioning is about how we learn through associations with a stimulus and a response. He discovered this when he was studying dogs. He noticed that dogs would start to salivate (like when they eat) not just when they saw food, but also when they heard a bell that he rang just before giving them food.

• Skinner

• Piaget

• Maslow

• Pavlov

What does Vygotsky's Theory of Zone of Proximal Development focus on?

• focuses on the gap between what a learner can do without help and what they can do with guidance

• explains how human needs are organized in a hierarchy and are satisfied in a specific order.

• is a theory on how behavior is a result of conditioning in an environment of stimulus, reward, and punishment

• explains how children's intellectual development progresses from infancy to adulthood

What is scaffolding?

• a teaching method that involves providing students with temporary support to help them learn and master new skills or concepts and slowly removing this support

• A process of reinforcement and punishment.

• theory that focuses on a learner's individual needs in a classroom like safety, self-esteem, love, and belonging.

• how a learner develops their own learning process without the help of a teacher.

Do students with an IEP (Individual Education Plan) receive accommodations or interventions?

• accommodations

• interventions

Do students in the EIP (Early Intervention Program) classroom receive accommodations or interventions?

• accommodations

• interventions

IEPs are mandated by (a)   .

• EIP- Early Intervention Program

• IFSP- Individual Family Service Plan

• IDEA- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Rehabilitation Act of 1973