The Argument That Teaching Adults Requires a Different Set of Instructional

question 31

Multiple Choice

The argument that teaching adults requires a different set of instructional techniques than those typically used to teach children is called:

• A)gerontology
• B)andragogy
• C)pedagogy
• D)contiguity

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Definitions:

Drive Reduction

A theory suggesting that motivation arises from the desire to reduce physical needs, such as hunger or thirst, thereby maintaining homeostasis.

Physiological Need

A physiological need is a basic bodily requirement that humans must satisfy to maintain health and survival, such as the need for food, water, and sleep.

Homeostasis

The ability of an organism to maintain internal stability and balance of physiological processes regardless of external changes.

Drive

A natural, genetically programmed impulse to achieve a target or fulfill a desire.