Bringing a Juggling Clown into Your Eighth-Grade Classroom to Aid

question 11

Multiple Choice

Bringing a juggling clown into your eighth-grade classroom to aid you in teaching some elementary physics concepts

• A) probably won't work, since students will be too excited to learn.
• B) will work if the clown has a good command of physics.
• C) may work well, since unpredictable changes or unusual events often command a child's attention.
• D) will probably have no effect on whether students learn the physics concepts.

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Definitions:

Air Horn

A pneumatic device designed to create an extremely loud noise for the purposes of signaling or attracting attention, commonly used in sports events and emergencies.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, used in classical conditioning experiments.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive or involuntary response without the need for prior learning.

Classical Conditioning

The educational practice of regularly associating two stimuli together; a response that starts out being elicited by the second stimulus is in time elicited by only the first stimulus.