Three of the Following Are Principles of Learning

question 10

Multiple Choice

Three of the following are principles of learning. Which one is a theory of learning rather than a principle?

• A) A behavior that is followed by punishment decreases in frequency.
• B) People learn by making mental associations between new information and their existing knowledge.
• C) A response that is rewarded every time it occurs increases more rapidly than a response that is only occasionally rewarded.
• D) Students tend to remember more of a lecture if they take notes on the lecture's content.

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Definitions:

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The method through which data from a DNA strand is replicated into a new molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA), starting the production of proteins.

Lysogenic Conversion

The change in properties of bacteria that results from the presence of a prophage.

Prophage

Bacteriophage nucleic acid inserted into the bacterial DNA.

Transducing

refers to the process by which signals are converted from one form to another, such as converting physical signals into biochemical signals in the body.