Determining How Best to Improve the Quality of Public Education

question 1

Multiple Choice

Determining how best to improve the quality of public education in the next five years is best described as a(n)

• A) unstructured problem.
• B) well-structured problem.
• C) issue.
• D) ill-structured problem.

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Definitions:

Insight Learning

A form of cognitive learning where problem-solving occurs through a sudden understanding or epiphany rather than by trial and error.

Law of Effect

A psychological principle suggesting that behaviors followed by favorable consequences become more likely, and behaviors followed by unfavorable consequences become less likely.

Skinner

B.F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist known for his research in behaviorism and for developing the theory of operant conditioning, focusing on the consequences of actions to modify behavior.

Operants

Behaviors that are controlled or modified by their consequences, such as rewards or punishments, in the context of operant conditioning.