Asking high-school students to solve authentic math problems, ...

[viki]

Asking high-school students to solve authentic math problems, such as how many gallons of water are needed to fill a fishtank with a small leak, is a useful strategy to help them overcome the common misconception that:
 
  a. students who aren't born with a genetic gift for math will always struggle.
  b. mathematics is useful only for people who want careers that require number-crunching.
  c. understanding proportions and abstract concepts is too difficult for most adolescents.
  d. there's only one way to solve any particular math problem.

Question 2

Edward is severely beaten by his alcoholic father on several occasions. Before long, Edward begins to shake whenever his father approaches. In this situation, Edward's father is:
 
  a. an unconditioned stimulus.
  b. a conditioned stimulus.
  c. an unconditioned response.
  d. a conditioned response.

[nanny]

Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b

[viki]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[vickybb89]

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