Principles and Theories of Learning and Motivation Prof - Ed
Principles and Theories of Learning and Motivation Prof - Ed
Principles and Theories of Learning and Motivation Prof - Ed
1. Which theory operates on the "stimulus-response principle", which means all behaviors
are caused by external stimuli?
a. Contextual theory
b. Behaviorist theory
c. Cognitive theory
d. Constructivist theory
2. Ms. Erika in her Biology class accompanies her discussion with interesting visual aids.
She strongly believes that students learn better when lessons are presented with images,
real or imagined aside from mere lecture method. Which learning theory does she upholds?
a. Dual-Coding Theory
b. Information Processing Theory
c. Meaningful Reception Learning Theory
d. Social Cognitive Theory
3. Miss Rita is an excellent Physical Education teacher. She started teaching volleyball to
her Grade 2 class. Despite all her efforts, her class does not seem to learn how to play the
game. What law of learning was disregarded?
a. Law of Disuse
b. Law of Effect
c. Law of Exercise
d. Law of Readiness
4. Teacher jay, a physical education teacher, demonstrates the new skill to be learned so
that his students can watch him and later reproduce the skill. What learning theory is
associated with the situation?
a. Dual-Coding Learning Theory
b. Information Processing
c. Schema Learning Theory
d. Social Learning
5. Patrice is always fearful of freely roaming dogs but does not mind dogs in a pen or on a
leash. What feature of classical conditioning is exhibited?
a. Discrimination
b. Extinction
c. Generalization
d. Practice
6. A music teacher is careful in planning activities for each lesson. He praises liberally and
rewards correct answers. What view of learning is exhibited?
a. Classical conditioning
b. Meaningful learning
c. Operant conditioning
d. Social learning
7. Which of the theories of learning presents or states that learning skills are hierarchically
arranged?
a. Cumulative Learning
b. Meaningful Learning
c. Social Cognitive Learning
d. Theory of Instruction
8. Which of the following best describes what meaningful learning is?
a. When what is to be learned is new and easy for the students
b. Materials presented are difficult and challenging to the students
c. When the materials to be learned is related to what students already know
d. Students find the lessons easy and relevant to what was assigned to them
9. Rita easily remember dates and events in history. What component of LTM does Rita
have?
a. Creative thinking
b. Critical thinking
c. Reflective thinking
d. Logical thinking
10. An Earth Science has just completed a unit on the sun. As she recognizes her next unit
on other stars, she uses the sun as a frame of reference. What view of learning was used?
a. Discovery learning
b. Informative learning
c. Meaningful learning
d. Transfer learning
12. The first people power was held in February 25, 1986. What kind of knowledge is
presented?
a. Conditional Knowledge
b. Cognitive Knowledge
c. Domain-Specific Knowledge
d. Procedural Knowledge
13. The students of Mrs. Reyes were not able to learn the concepts that she presented
yesterday so she taught the same concepts again but this time using a different teaching
method. What principle of learning was applied?
a. Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways
b. Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
c. Learning by doing is more effective than just by sitting and listening
d. Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions
14. Alvin is a transferee and feels uneasy with his new school. His teacher is
very accommodating, warm and caring. Alvin felt comfortable with the teacher display of
genuine warmth. The teacher is consistent in his manner and Alvin began to associate
school with the teacher's warmth. Which theory is being illustrated?
a. Meaningful learning
b. Operant conditioning
c. Classical conditioning
d. Observational learning
15. After just being introduced to another guest in the party, Tom cannot remember the
name of the guest he was introduced to. In what memory stage was the
information stored in?
a. Episodic memory
b. Semantic memory
c. Sensory memory
d. Working memory
16. Vygotsky claimed that social interaction is important for learning. What does this imply?
a. Children are independent problem solvers
b. Children learn from adults and other children
c. Children learn by passive presentation of information
d. Children in the crib has no learning yet, since they are not capable of interaction
17. How would you help a student who is intelligent but is underachieving in class?
a. Provide challenging activities which he/she can accomplish
b. Recognize his talents by asking him/her to help other students with their work
c. Identify the immediate causes of difficulties that cause his/her being an underachiever
d. Allow him/her to work with the slow learner group to cope with the academic needs of the
lesson.
18. Mrs. Corpuz always makes sure that her pre-school classroom is well organized and
clean. She puts up interesting and colorful visuals on the bulletin boards. What principle of
motivation was applied?
a. Incentives motivate learning
b. Internal motivation is longer lasting and more self-directive than is external motivation
c. Motivation is enhanced by the way in which instructional material is organized.
d. The environment can be used to focus the student's attention on what needs to be
learned.
19. For every correct answer, the teacher would give a star to her students. What schedule
of reinforcement was used?
a. Fixed interval
b. Fixed ratio
c. Variable interval
d. Variable ratio
20. Marga, a six year old, always asked her playmates to sit in front of her small black board
and she plays teacher. Her mother is a teacher. What theory explains Marga's behavior?
a. Classical Conditioning
b. Operant Conditioning
c. Social Learning
d. Information Processing
21. What should the teacher do to help students learn psychomotor skills?
a. Teacher uses verbal explanation and description of the movements in addition to live
demonstration of the movements
b. Teacher provides feedback to the learner about his/her progress
c. Teacher encourages the learner to practice, in order to maintain his/her sharpness of the
movements
d. All of the above
22. The teacher presented a new lesson where in the students were asked to work on a
new project which was somewhat complicated. The students showed interest while working
on the project. What principle applies to the situation?
a. Effort was put forth when tasks are challenging
b. Lessons should be presented in varied and different ways
c. Meaningful materials are readily learned than nonsense materials
d. Teachers should provide opportunities for meaningful and appropriate practice
23. Maturation should precede certain types of learning. How is this applied in the
classroom?
a. Concepts should be taught from simple to complex
b. Consider the age level of students in assigning tasks
c. Follow the interest of students in assigning tasks
d. Give the same task to all students in a particular grade level
24. Luz easily learns a lesson when she is working with laboratory equipment but hardly
remembers a lesson the teacher lectured on. What type of learner is Luz?
a. Auditory Learner
b. Kinesthetic Learner
c. Tactile Learner
d. Visual Learner
Answers: 1B 2A 3D 4D 5A 6C 7A 8C 9C 10C 11A 12B 13A 14B 15C 16B 17C 18D 19B
20C 21D 22A 23A 24D 25A
Principles and Theories of Learning and Motivation Part 2
1. Based on Bandura's theory, which conditions must be present for a student to learn from
a model?
I. Attention II. Retention III. Motor Reproduction IV. Motivation
a. I and II
b. I, II and III
c. I, II, III and IV
d. III and IV
3. In classical conditioning, which are paired together in order to elicit the desired response?
a. UCS and NS
b. CS and NS
c. UCS and CS
d. UCR and NS
4. According to Thorndike, what law states that the strength of a connection is influenced by
the consequences of the response?
a. Law of disuse
b. Law of effect
c. Law of exercise
d. Law of readiness
5. A burglary occurred in Jason's neighborhood. Since then, Jason is very careful of locking
their doors and closing windows. What theory best explains Jason's behavior?
a. Observational learning
b. Imitation learning
c. Self-regulated learning
d. Vicarious learning
6. In observation and imitation learning, what should be the learner's response when the
teacher initially models the behavior?
a. Reproduce and match
b. Pay Attention
c. Imitate and practice
d. Shows satisfaction
10. Grace is bilingual. She speaks both English and Filipino fluently. She begins to study
Spanish and immediately recognizes many similarities between the Spanish and Filipino
languages and uses this information to acquire the new language faster. What kind of
transfer was Grace able to use?
a. Lateral Transfer
b. General Transfer
c. Specific Transfer
d. Vertical Transfer
11. Cristina is almost asleep when she felt the need to go to the bathroom. She tried to
sleep it off but after a while, she was forced to stand up and go to the bathroom. What
theory of motivation explains Cristina's behavior?
a. Attribution Theory
b. Drive Theory
c. Expentancies and Values Theory
d. Solomon's Opponent Theory
12. Marko excels in adding numbers. He learned this skill in his Math class. He is now able
to apply this skill in his Music class. What type of transfer was used?
a. Lateral transfer
b. General transfer
c. Specific transfer
d. Vertical transfer
13. Mr. Lorenzo would always give the chapter test on a Friday. What schedule of
reinforcement is used by Mr. Lorenzo?
a. Fixed interval
b. Fixed ratio
c. Variable interval
d. Variable ratio
14. To remember the six digits, 8, 4, 3, 9, 4, 5, the Math teacher grouped the numbers in
two's 84, 39, 45 or in threes 843, 945. What control process of retaining information is
referred to?
a. Chunking
b. Interfering
c. Rehearsing
d. Remembering
15. Rob regularly practice playing the guitar so he can finish Book I. His mother promised to
buy him a Nintendo when he finishes Book I. How is Rob motivated?
a. Extrinsically
b. Intrinsically
c. with Self-Determination
d. with Self-Efficacy
16. Lara excels in dancing and in certain sports. According to Gardner what intelligence is
dominant in Lara?
a. Bodily kinesthetic
b. Intrapersonal
c. Musical
d. Spatial
17. According to Bronfenbrenner, what system contains structures that has direct contact
with the child?
a. Chronosystem
b. Exosystem
c. Mesosystem
d. Microsystem
18. Some learners like to find specific and concrete answers. What kind of learners are
they?
a. Accomodators
b. Assimilators
c. Convergers
d. Divergers
19. Mrs. Mercado, the Home Economics teacher, constantly gives verbal guidance to her
pupils while practicing a sewing skill. What is the value of giving verbal guidance in
improving pupils learning behavior?
a. It promotes the growth of interest in the new learning tasks
b. It serves as informational feedback
c. It facilitates perfection of skills
d. It directs pupils' attention to more adequate and better techniques
22. Instead of asking her students to write about their reaction to a story, the teacher asked
her students to interpret the story in dance form. What principle of learning is considered?
a. Concepts should be presented in varied and different ways
b. Effort if put forth when tasks are challenging
c. Learning by doing is more effective than just sitting and listening
d. Learning is aided by formulating and asking questions
23. In performing the minuet, first raise your heel, second make three steps forward, third
step make a point. What kind of knowledge was exhibited?
a. Conditional Knowledge
b. Declarative Knowledge
c. Domain-Specific Knowledge
d. Procedural Knowledge
24. Why should teachers provide positive feedback and realistic praise?
a. To motivate the students to study
b. So the students will know what to do
c. To be liked and loved by the students
d. So the students will praise him/her
Answers: 1C 2A 3A 4B 5D 6B 7A 8D 9C 10C 11C 12B 13A 14A 15C 16A 17D 18C 19B
20B 21B 22B 23D 24B 25B
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