As human beings, we encounter a great many stimuli at any one time. Which one of the following alternatives most accurately reflects educational psychologists' perspective about how we respond to all these stimuli?
a. By learning to use effective long-term memory storage processes, we can eventually begin to remember almost everything we encounter.
b. We must select the things we think are most important to learn and remember, and ignore the rest.
c. We remember virtually everything we experience, but we have trouble retrieving most of it.
d. We cannot remember everything, and we have little control over the things that we do remember.
Question 2
Which one of the following statements best describes sociocultural theory?
a. Children learn more effectively when they study material that is consistent with their preexisting beliefs about the world.
b. What children learn depends on the particular cultural context in which they grow up.
c. Children learn most effectively when the environment nurtures their social and emotional needs.
d. Children learn much more from their peers than they do from adults.
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