The Learning Process Flashcards

1
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A change in behavior as a result of experience can be defined as?

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Learning

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2
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The learning process may include some elements such as verbal, conceptual and…

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Problem Solving

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3
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While learning the material being taught, students may be learning other things as well. this additional learning is called…

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Incidental

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4
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Individuals make more progress learning if they have a clear objective. this is one feature of the principle of…

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Readiness

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5
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Things most often repeated are best remembered because of which principle of learning?

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Principle of Exercise

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6
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Providing opportunities for a student to practice and then directing this process towards a goal is the basis of the principle of…

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Exercise

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7
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The principle that is based on the emotional reaction of the learner is the principle of…

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Effect

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8
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Which principle of learning often creates a strong impression?

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Principle of Primacy

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9
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Which principle of learning implies that a student will learn more from the real thing than from a substitute?

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Principle of Intensity

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10
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Which principle of learning often determines the sequence of lectures within a course of instruction?

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Principle of Recency

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11
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What is the basis of all learning?

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Perception

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12
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Perceptions result when a person…

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Gives the meaning to sensations being experienced

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13
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A basic need that affects all of a person’s perception is the need to

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Maintain and enhance the organized self

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14
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Which factor affecting perception has a great influence on the total perceptual process?

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Self-concept

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15
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Which factor affecting perceptions is based on the effectiveness of the use of a properly planned training syllabus?

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Time and opportunity

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16
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In the learning process, fear of the element of threat will…

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Narrow the student’s perceptual field

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17
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Which is one of the ways in which anxiety will affect a student?

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Anxiety may limit the student’s ability to learn from perceptions

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18
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The mental grouping of affiliated perceptions is called..

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Insights

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19
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Insights, as as applied to learning, involve a person’s

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Grouping of associated perceptions into meaningful wholes

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20
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Instruction, as opposed to the trial and error method of learning, is desirable because competent instruction speeds the learning process by…

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Teaching the relationship of perceptions as they occur

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21
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Name one way an instructor can help develop student insights.

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Provide a secure and nonthreatening environment in which to learn

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22
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Which memory system processes input from the environment?

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Sensory register

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23
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The use of some type of association, such as rhymes or mnemonics is best suited to which memory system?

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Short-term

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24
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How can recording be described?

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The relating of incoming information to concepts or knowledge already in memory

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25
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Where is information for future use stored?

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Long-term memory

26
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The selective process by which the sensory register discards and transmits certain stimuli to the working memory is called…

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Precoding

27
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When a person has difficulty recalling information after several years this is called…

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Fading

28
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When the learning of similar things overshadows other learning experiences, it is called..

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Interference

29
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According to one theory, some forgetting is due to the unconscious practice of submerging an unpleasant experience into the subconscious. This is called..

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Repression

30
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Responses that produce a pleasurable return are called…

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Praise

31
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The act of consciously pushing a memory out of reach due to feelings associated with remembering it is…

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Suppression

32
Q

The performance of rectangular patterns helps a student fly traffic patterns. What type of transfer of learning is this?

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Positive

33
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Which transfer of learning occurs when the performance of a maneuver interferes with the learning of another maneuver?

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Negative

34
Q

To ensure proper habits and correct techniques during training, an instructor should..

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Use the building blocks technique of instruction

35
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What level of knowledge is being tested if asked, “What is the maneuvering speed of the aircraft listed in the owner’s manual?”

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Rote

36
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During the flight portion of a particular test, the examiner stimulates complete loss of engine power by closing the throttle and announcing “simulated engine failure.” What level of learning is being tested?

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Correlation

37
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At which level of learning do most instructors stop teaching?

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Application

38
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When asking a student to explain how gross weight affects maneuvering speed, what level of learning is being tested?

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Understanding

39
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Commercially-developed test preparation material…

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Places emphasis on rote learning rather than more advanced learning levels

40
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A disadvantage of using commercially-developed test preparation material is that…

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Students often exhibit a lack of knowledge during oral questioning

41
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Which domain of learning deals with knowledge?

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Cognitive

42
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Affective domain relates to…

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Attitudes, beliefs and values

43
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The educational objective levels for the cognitive domain are..

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Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation

44
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The listing of the hierarchy of objectives is often referred to as a…

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Taxonomy

45
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The most complex outcome in the affective domain is…

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Characterization

46
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The least complex outcome in the psychomotor domain is..

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Perception

47
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An example of a skill involving the cognitive domain would be..

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Understanding how the flight controls should be positioned during a turn

48
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An example of a skill involving the psychomotor domain would be..

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Applying back pressure to maintain altitude during a sweeping turn

49
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An example of a skill involving the affective domain would be..

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Responding to an instructor’s question

50
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Which domain of learning includes physical movement and coordination?

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Psychomotor

51
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The educational objective levels: receiving, responding, valuing, organization and characterization; are a part of which domain of learning?

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Affective

52
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The educational objective level of the psychomotor domain at which a student’s skill demonstrates new movement patterns and creativity is..

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Origination

53
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The least complex outcome in the cognitive domain is..

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Knowledge

54
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The best way to prepare a student to perform a task is to..

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Provide a clear, step-by-step example

55
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A learning plateau may be defined as the..

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Gradual decrease in learning almost to the point where it appears to have ceased before it resumes and proficiency increases

56
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Which is true concerning “learning plateaus”?

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Learning plateaus are a normal part of the learning process and tend to be temporary

57
Q

Instructors can help students who arrive at a learning plateau by..

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Moving the student to a different place in the curriculum

58
Q

Which stage of skill acquisition may be characterized by student ability to assess personal progress and make adjustments in performance?

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Associative stage

59
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Which stage of a skill acquisition is characterized by the ability to perform a procedure rapidly and smoothly while devoting little deliberate attention to performance and simultaneously performing other tasks?

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Automatic response stage

60
Q

Studies of skill learning suggest that a student achieves better results if distractions are avoided during what type of practice..

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Deliberate Practice

61
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What type of practice is repeating the same drill or doing the same task again and again until the movement becomes automatic?

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Blocked

62
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Which stage of skill acquisition may be characterized by performing memorized steps unaware of progress?

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Cognitive stage