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A learner remembers exactly how a skilled athlete performs a movement but lacks the physical ability to reproduce it. Which observational-learning component is limiting performance?

A. Attention
B. Retention
C. Motor reproduction
D. Motivation

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A child carefully observes aggressive behavior and remembers it but does not imitate it because there is no perceived incentive. The missing component is primarily:

A. Attention
B. Retention
C. Motor reproduction
D. Motivation

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A student repeatedly talks during class, so the teacher assigns detention and talking decreases. This is:

A. Positive reinforcement
B. Negative reinforcement
C. Positive punishment
D. Negative punishment

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A parent removes a child’s gaming privileges following repeated misbehavior, and the misbehavior decreases. This is:

A. Positive punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Negative reinforcement
D. Positive reinforcement

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Which feature most clearly distinguishes reinforcement from punishment?

A. Reinforcement always involves rewards.
B. Punishment always involves physical consequences.
C. Reinforcement increases behavior; punishment decreases it.
D. Reinforcement is always positive; punishment is always negative.

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A teacher presents students with an unfamiliar problem and allows them to investigate patterns until they infer the underlying principle. This best represents:

A. Discovery learning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Law of exercise
D. Direct instruction

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A learner understands a concept after physically manipulating objects before representing it through diagrams and language. Bruner’s sequence is best represented as:

A. Iconic → enactive → symbolic
B. Symbolic → iconic → enactive
C. Enactive → iconic → symbolic
D. Enactive → symbolic → iconic

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A student first learns fractions using physical objects, then diagrams, and finally mathematical notation. The final stage represents:

A. Enactive representation
B. Iconic representation
C. Symbolic representation
D. Observational representation

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A dog begins salivating when it hears a sound previously associated with food. The sound has become a:

A. Unconditioned stimulus
B. Conditioned stimulus
C. Unconditioned response
D. Reinforcer

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Little Albert’s fear of the white rat after repeated pairings with a loud noise demonstrates:

A. Operant conditioning
B. Classical conditioning
C. Insight learning
D. Observational learning

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A teacher gives a student a certificate after consistent homework completion, increasing homework behavior. This is:

A. Positive punishment
B. Negative punishment
C. Positive reinforcement
D. Negative reinforcement

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A teacher removes an unpleasant classroom duty when a student completes assigned work, increasing the student’s work completion. This is:

A. Positive reinforcement
B. Negative reinforcement
C. Positive punishment
D. Negative punishment

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A learner performs poorly because he is neither prepared nor motivated to engage with the task. Thorndike’s principle most directly implicated is:

A. Law of effect
B. Law of exercise
C. Law of readiness
D. Law of reinforcement

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A cat repeatedly performs random actions in a puzzle box until one action produces escape, after which that response becomes more frequent. This best illustrates Thorndike’s:

A. Law of readiness
B. Law of effect
C. Law of exercise
D. Law of insight

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A student becomes increasingly proficient at a task primarily because repeated practice strengthens the stimulus-response connection. This illustrates the:

A. Law of readiness
B. Law of effect
C. Law of exercise
D. Law of adaptation

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A person supports an action because it protects human dignity even though it conflicts with an existing law. This reasoning most closely reflects:

A. Instrumental relativism
B. Good interpersonal relationships
C. Social contract orientation
D. Universal ethical principles

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A child’s academic performance changes after the parents and teacher develop a significantly better relationship. This is primarily a:

A. Microsystem effect
B. Mesosystem effect
C. Exosystem effect
D. Chronosystem effect

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