Completing homework assignments in order to avoid being given an undesirable required assignment in school is an example of the operant conditioning technique of
a. negative reinforcement.
b. positive reinforcement.
c. punishment.
d. time-out.
Ques. 2Triangulation is
a. generating three hypotheses to explain a phenomenon.
b. thinking of an alternative solutions when others are only thinking of pros and cons.
c. reaching redundancy when three consecutive observations lead to the same conclusions.
d. using multiple sources of data.
e. making sure you have at least three observers collecting data.
Ques. 3Which of the following represents positive reinforcement?
a. A student studies hard for a long enough period of time to receive money from his parents for a new bicycle.
b. A child who has a tendency to be boisterous in class responds to praise for good behavior from his teacher by
continuing to sit quietly.
c. A man competes with his coworkers for an office bonus by working an extra two hours each day.
d. A young mother quietly closes the bedroom door on her threeyearold child, who is having a temper tantrum,
so that she can have some peace and quiet.
Ques. 4Which of the following are motivations for conducting action research?
a. improve student learning
b. improve curriculum
c. adapt instructional strategies
d. enhance professional development
e. all of these are true.
Ques. 5A typically boisterous child is praised enthusiastically by his teacher for sitting quietly and attending to the day's lesson. In response to his teacher's praise, the child sits quietly during the next day as well. The teacher is changing the child's behavior by using
a. shaping techniques.
b. a reward.
c. extinction.
d. positive reinforcement.
Ques. 6The action research cycle is described as reflect, ____, act, observe.
a. consult authority
b. conduct literature search
c. plan
d. reorganize
e. look
Ques. 7When Charlie the cat was a kitten, he just happened to be near the kitchen when his owner used an electric can opener to open a can of tuna for him to eat. Curious about this strange sound, Charlie went to the kitchen and found the tuna in his dish. Now, no matter how deep his coma-like sleep is when someone uses the electric can opener for any reason, Charlie scrambles to his feet and sprints to the kitchen. This story about Charlie is an example of
a. social learning.
b. information processing.
c. operant conditioning.
d. simple conditioning.
Ques. 8Which of the following is more characteristic of action research than of quantitative research?
a. maintains clear distinctions between researcher and subjects
b. seeks objective knowledge that can be generalized
c. occurs within a natural environment
d. randomly assigns subjects to treatments
Quick Reply
