NCM 102 MIDTERM

• What are learning theories?

  A set of principles explaining student learning
• How many main schemas of learning theories are there?

  Three
• Name the three main schemas of learning theories.

  Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism
• What is behaviorism based on?

  • Knowledge is independent of the learner
  • Learner is a blank slate
  • Learning occurs through stimulus-response interactions
• How does learning occur in behaviorism?

  Through new associations made by stimuli
• Who is a notable figure associated with behaviorism?

  Pavlov
• What does behaviorism involve to encourage learning?

  Repeated actions and verbal reinforcement