Three of the Following Statements Are Accurate Descriptions of the Effect

question 68

Multiple Choice

Three of the following statements are accurate descriptions of the effect interest has on learning and performance.Which one is not accurate?

• A)Interest promotes meaningful learning of information.
• B)Interest increases the probability of conceptual change.
• C)Interest promotes performance goals more than mastery goals.
• D)Interest increases the likelihood that students will apply what they learn.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Systematic Bias

A consistent and pervasive error in judgment or procedure that leads to inaccurate conclusions or assessments, often resulting from a particular perspective or methodology.

Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.

Principle Of Falsifiability

The principle that a scientific theory must make predictions that are specific enough to expose the theory to the possibility of disconfirmation; that is, the theory must predict not only what will happen but also what will not happen.