After Explaining What Sines and Cosines Are,a High School Math

question 60

Multiple Choice

After explaining what sines and cosines are,a high school math teacher shows students how they might use these concepts in constructing large buildings. Which one of the following principles does this scenario best illustrate?

• A)Learners perform more effectively when they acquire the cognitive tools of their culture.
• B)Shaping helps learners acquire complex behaviors gradually over time.
• C)Environmental,behavioral,and personal variables reciprocally influence one another.
• D)Learners of equal ability often co-construct their knowledge and understandings.

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Definitions:

Systematic Desensitization

A behavioral therapy technique used to reduce phobic responses and anxiety through gradual exposure to the feared stimulus while practicing relaxation techniques.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is no longer paired with the unconditioned stimulus.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly presented along with an unconditioned stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in psychology where previously extinguished responses re-emerge after a pause without further conditioning.