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Title: Human beings undoubtedly learn more during the course of a lifetime than any other species on earth. ...
Post by: Haskin on Mar 14, 2018
Human beings undoubtedly learn more during the course of a lifetime than any other species on earth. The major result of this capacity to learn is that:
 
  a. New instincts begin to emerge.
  b. Human thought becomes less logical with each generation.
  c. Humans can benefit from their experiences.
  d. Humans are the only species whose behavior cannot be analyzed in terms of stimuli and responses.

Ques. 2

If you want to become an effective listener it is important to
 
  a. Use one type of response in 40 of situations, and balance the other alternatives evenly.
  b. Know which type of response is appropriate in which situation.
  c. Never to give evaluative or judging response.
  d. Try to be encouraging and approving of what the other person thinks.
  e. All of the above

Ques. 3

Which of the following is consistent with the findings on pure discovery?
 
  a. it often requires less learning time than guided discovery and expository methods
  b. it often results in better long-term retention than guided discovery and expository instruction
  c. it often results in low levels of initial learning
  d. all of the above

Ques. 4

In a classroom setting, a teacher gives the students a task to work on by themselves, without any help from the teacher. This is an example of which of the following instructional methods?
 
  a. direct instruction
  b. expository
  c. pure discovery
  d. guided discovery

Ques. 5

Henry has always been a farmer in a rural area in Nevada. His son, Dan, is a successful businessman working for a multi-national company. They have always had a good relationship. Recently, Dan has had some problems at his workplace, and wants to discuss it with his father. One factor that makes it hard for them to communicate is
 
  a. The difference in their frames of reference
  b. The difference in the amount they need to talk
  c. The fact that their internal and external frames of reference overlap
  d. The fact that Henry has so much more life experience than Dan does difference

Ques. 6

In Fujimaro's study on helping fourth graders solve concentration-comparison problems some students received concrete manipulative training and some did not. The results showed that:
 
  a. students who received concrete manipulative training showed greater improvement on solving new problems than those who did not receive the training
  b. students with strong prerequisite skills who received concrete manipulative training improved more than those who did not have strong prerequisite skills
  c. both of the above
  d. none of the above


Title: Human beings undoubtedly learn more during the course of a lifetime than any other species on earth. ...
Post by: mayad on Mar 14, 2018
Answer to #1

c

Answer to #2

b. Know which type of response is appropriate in which situation.

Answer to #3

C

Answer to #4

C

Answer to #5

a. The difference in their frames of reference

Answer to #6

C