Training and Development - Chapter 4

_____ refers to individual control over one's thinking.

Metacognition

In the context of expectancy theory, explaining to trainees that they will receive valued rewards if they perform well helps to promote instrumentality beliefs.

True

It is best to include a combination of examples and practice, rather than all practice.

True

Spaced practice is typically considered superior to massed practice.

True

The stimulus generalization approach is more appropriate for open skills as opposed to closed skills.

True

Juan, an operation manager, has been assigned to train a group of older employees in the logistics department. He has to train them to use new computer software. He begins by reminding them that they were quick in learning the old software. Juan is trying to _____.

increase the employees' self-efficacy

Logical verification to increase self-efficacy typically involves _____.

perceiving a relationship between a new task and a task already mastered

Which of the following examples best reflects an attitude as a learning outcome?

value work-life balance

_____ relate to the learner's decision regarding what information to attend to, how to remember, and how to solve problems.

Cognitive strategy

Which of the following statements is true of knowledge management?

Creating communities of practice and using "after-action reviews" at the end of each project facilitates knowledge management.

______ use concrete experience and reflective observation and are good at generating ideas and seeing a situation from multiple perspectives.

Divergers

Identical elements are maximized when the learning environment matches the trainee as closely as possible.

False

In error management training, trainees are instructed that errors hamper learning and should largely be avoided.

False

In general, it is best to promote a performance orientation among trainees.

False

In the context of andragogy, group discussions would likely be less appropriate than the traditional lecture method.

False

In the context of expectancy theory, ensuring that trainees are confident in their ability to learn helps to promote instrumentality beliefs.

False

Instrumentality is similar to self-efficacy beliefs.

False

Open skills need to be identically reproduced on the job.

False

Which of the following statements is true?

For training to be effective, both learning and transfer are needed

____ is a person's judgement about whether he or she can successfully learn new knowledge and skills.

Self-efficacy

Which of the following statements is true of closed skills?

They refer to skills that are to be identically produced by the trainee on the job

Assimilators use abstract conceptualization and reflective observation. They are good at inductive reasoning, creating theoretical models, and combining disparate observations into an integrated explanation.

True

Which of the following creates a learning orientation in trainees?

allowing trainees to experiment with new knowledge and skills

Intellectual skill as a learning outcome primarily includes the capability to _____.

apply generalizable concepts and rules to save complex problems

Which of the following strategies is not appropriate for supporting the transfer of closed skills?

encouraging on-the-job experimentation

In the context of expectancy theory, _____ relates to trainees' beliefs that they can perform the trained skill.

expectancy

Which of the following is an example of the internal conditions necessary for learning?

recall of training content

_____ refers to the learner's involvement with the training material and assessing their progress toward learning.

self-regulation

Behavior modeling is a training method that is primarily based on _____.

social learning theory