Ch. 4 MGT 363

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

Cognitive strategy

The learning cycle for a trainee begins with a(n) _____.

Concrete experience

Good decisiveness, practical application of ideas, and hypothetical deductive reasoning are characteristics of individuals with a(n) _____ learning style.

Converger

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

Divergers

Which of the following is a disadvantage of communities of practice (COPs)?

Employees are reluctant to participate without an incentive and fear sharing their knowledge with others.

in the context of expectancy theory, ___________ relates to trainees' beliefs that they perform the trained skill.

Expectancy

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

Gain a greater appreciation for work-life balance.

Logical verification to increase self-efficacy typically involves _____.

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

According to the _____, transfer will be maximized when the tasks, materials, equipment, and other characteristics of the learning environment are similar to those encountered in the work environment.

theory of identical elements

Which of the following creates a learning orientation in trainees?

Allowing trainees to experiment with new knowledge and skills

Juan, an operations 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

In expectancy theory, the belief that performing a given behavior is associated with a particular outcome is called _____.

Instrumentality

Which learning outcomes relate to the ability to design and code a computer program that meets customer requirements?

Intellectual skills

Which of the following statements is true of training?

It is important to realize that for training to be effective, both learning and transfer of training are needed.

Which of the following statements is true of organizing as a learning strategy?

It requires the learner to find similarities and themes in the training material.

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

Social learning theory

_____ refers to practicing a task continuously without breaks.

Massed practice

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

Recall of training content

_____ is a learning process that involves identifying learned material in long-term memory and using it to influence performance.

Retrieval

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

Self-efficacy

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

Self-regulation

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.

Learner-learner interaction is most appropriate when learners have to _____.

acquire personal knowledge based on experience

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

apply generalizable concepts and rules to solve complex problems

_____ refers to individual control over one's thinking.

attitude

In the learning processes, semantic encoding typically involves _____.

providing learning guidance to individuals