Lecture 1- Intro to Learning

Question 1

What is learning?

Answer 1

Experience, Learning, Change in behaviour

Question 2

Truth and Knowledge to be found within us
a) Rationalism
b) Empiricism

Answer 2

a) Rationalism

Question 3

Truth and Knowledge is to be found outside of ourselves by using our senses
a) Rationalism
b) Empiricism

Answer 3

b) Empircism

Question 4

-rationalist
-knowledge and truth discovered by self-reflection

Answer 4

Plato

Question 5

-empiricist
-sense to look for truth and knowledge in the world outside of him

Answer 5

Aristotle

Question 6

-dialectic method of discovering truth
-through conversations with fellow citizens

Answer 6

Socrates

Question 7

Roman Catholic Church

Answer 7

-expectation of god
-rote memorization and recitation
-university
-access to knowledge changed, needed to be apart of an organization

Question 8

Renaissance

Answer 8

-needed to have an education that was well rounded (art, math, history, physics)
-comprenhsive view of the world

Question 9

Copernicus

Answer 9

Scientist-that questioned what if the earth is the centre of the universe
Question everything
-encouraged us to ask questions bc things have the capacity to change

Question 10

Martin Luther

Answer 10

Question everything
-relgious questioned teachings of the church

Question 11

“The only habit which the child should be allowed to form is to contract no habit whatsoever”
a) Immanuel Kant
b) Vygotsky
c) John Locke
d) Copernicus

Answer 11

c) John Locke

Question 12

Revived the Platonic Concept of Innate Knowledge
a) John Locke
b) Rene Descartes
c) Immanuel Kant
d) Martin Luther

Answer 12

b) rene Descartes
-internal working of the body
-moved our attention to inside the body
REFLEX- change in envirnment and internally something happens to produce an output

Question 13

who is Descartes

Answer 13

rene Descartes
-internal working of the body
-moved our attention to inside the body
REFLEX- change in envirnment and internally something happens to produce an output

Question 14

“Let us supposed the mind to be, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas”
a) Thorndike
b) Descarte
c) Locke
d) Plato

Answer 14

c) Locke

Question 15

Tabula Rasa

Answer 15

John Locke
-blank slate: our experiences define who we become

Question 16

Refined an modernized Plato’s rationalist theory with ‘Priori’ knowledge
Knowledge Present before birth
a) Immanuel Kant
b) John Locke
c) Rene Descartes
d) Copernicus

Answer 16

a) Immanuel Kant

Question 17

First Modern psychologist who sought to bring the Scientific approach to the study of learning
a) Rene Descarte
b) Edward Thorndike
c) Ivan Pavlov
d) Burrhus Skinner

Answer 17

b) Thorndike
-important in making psych considered a science
-he did this by adopting a method by which you are collecting data
-research question, hypothesis, generating data, does data support research question

Question 18

Response Rate

Answer 18

Skinner

Question 19

Progressive Approximation

Answer 19

Skinner

Question 20

“How can reinforcements be most effectively scheduled to maintain the behaviour strength”

Answer 20

Skinner

Question 21

First to state learning is a developmental cognitive process

Answer 21

Jean Piaget

Question 22

Must consider the age of the subject/type of information (education system must keep this in mind through levels of education)

Answer 22

Jean Piaget

Question 23

“envisage a balance being struck, varying from subject to subject, between different parts to be played by memorizing and free activity”
A) Vygotsky
B) Maria Montessori
C) John Dewey
D) Jean Piaget

Answer 23

Jean Piaget

Question 24

the idea that all learning occurs in a cultural context and involves social interactions
a) Vygotsky
b) Piaget
c) Dewey
d) Montessori

Answer 24

a) Vygotsky

Question 25

Mentors are instrumental in learning a) Vygotsky b) Piaget c) Dewey d) Montessori

Answer 25

A) Vygotsky

Question 26

Education should not be separated from life itself, education should be child-centred, guided by a well trained teacher who is grounded in pedagogical and subject knowledge a) Vygotsky b) Piaget c) Dewey d) Montessori

Answer 26

c) Dewey

Question 27

The teacher loses the position of external boss or director but takes on that of leader of group activities a) Vygotsky b) Piaget c) Dewey d) Montessori

Answer 27

c) Dewey -decrease power hiearchy and power differientals so students feel more comfrontable

Question 28

The takes of teacher becomes that of preparing a series of cultural activities spread over specially prepared environment and then refraining from obtrusive interference a) Vygotsky b) Piaget c) Dewey d) Montessori

Answer 28

d) Montessori