Mary Is Interested in Determining If Active Learning Strategies Promote

question 37

Multiple Choice

Mary is interested in determining if active learning strategies promote better student learning than passive learning strategies. She teaches groups of volunteer students for one hour, using active learning strategies with half of the students and passive learning strategies with the other half of the students. The students are then given a test over the material and Mary records the number of items each student answers correctly. In this study, the independent variable is __________ and the dependent variable is __________.

• A) type of learning strategy; number of correct answers
• B) number of correct answers; type of learning strategy
• C) number of correct answers; the test
• D) type of learning strategy; the test

Explain the relationship between capitalism and deviance as posited by conflict theory.

Analyze the pros and cons of labeling theory in understanding deviance.

Understand how deviance is shaped by social interactions and the process of labeling.

Recognize the historical development of theories exploring the systematic study of criminality and deviance.

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Definitions:

Reticular Formation

Midbrain area in which nuclei and fiber pathways are mixed, producing a netlike appearance; associated with sleep–wake behavior and behavioral arousal; also called the reticular activating system (RAS).

Sleep

A naturally recurring state of mind and body characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles.

Orienting Responses

The instinctive redirection of attention toward a new or important stimulus, often involving physical positioning toward the stimulus.

Superior and Inferior Colliculi

Paired structures in the midbrain involved in visual and auditory reflexes; the superior colliculi in processing visual information and inferior colliculi in processing auditory information.