Educational Psychology
Exam 3 Study Guide
Discuss the importance to teachers of understanding behavioral approaches to learning.
Explain how classical conditioning was discovered.
Describe the process of classical conditioning.
Explain how operant conditioning was discovered.
Describe the process of operant conditioning.
Discuss changing students' behavior with behavioral modification.
Discuss various behavioral interventions and under what conditions each would be most effective.
Describe the process of social learning.
Compare and contrast intrinsic motivation with extrinsic motivation.
Describe the research on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Describe the behavioral view of motivation.
Describe the cognitive view of motivation.
Describe the social learning view of motivation.
Describe the humanistic view of motivation.
Discuss why and how goals enhance motivation.
Describe what makes goals effective.
Discuss the importance of teacher feedback and teacher expectations.
Describe Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
Describe achievement motivation.
Describe attribution theory.
Discuss how beliefs about one's abilities affect self-efficacy.
Compare and contrast self-esteem and self-efficacy.
Describe methods to motivate challenging students.