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faduma · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

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.

Question 2

A principle of learning can best be characterized as:

a. A description of the results of a particular research study
b. A statement that describes how a particular factor affects learning
c. The measurement of how much learning has occurred in a particular situation
d. An explanation of the underlying processes through which learning occurs