wrtg101 quiz 2 latest 2015 commas in restrictive and nonrestrictive clau

Question 1

Please choose the item that is grammatically correct.

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a)

For decades, policy makers have sought the best ways to educate the population. The field of education has developed the concept of learning theory, or the theory of how people learn. Learning theory has undergone a major revolution during the past few decades. Two philosophical paradigms in learning theory are objectivism and constructivism. Objectivism which is based on the foundation of behaviorism was popular before the 1950s.

b)

For decades, policy makers have sought the best ways to educate the population. The field of education has developed the concept of learning theory, or the theory of how people learn. Learning theory has undergone a major revolution during the past few decades. Two philosophical paradigms in learning theory are objectivism and constructivism. Objectivism, which is based on the foundation of behaviorism, was popular before the 1950s.

c)

For decades, policy makers have sought the best ways to educate the population. The field of education has developed the concept of learning theory, or the theory of how people learn. Learning theory has undergone a major revolution during the past few decades. Two philosophical paradigms in learning theory are objectivism and constructivism. Objectivism which is based on the foundation of behaviorism, was popular before the 1950s.

d)

For decades, policy makers have sought the best ways to educate the population. The field of education has developed the concept of learning theory, or the theory of how people learn. Learning theory has undergone a major revolution during the past few decades. Two philosophical paradigms in learning theory are objectivism and constructivism. Objectivism that is based on the foundation of behaviorism was popular before the 1950s.

Question 3

Please choose the item that is grammatically correct.

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a)

B.F. Skinner, who was perhaps the most influential behavioral scientist, was unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the mind or the act of knowing because these phenomena are not observable.

b)

B.F. Skinner who was perhaps the most influential behavioral scientist, was unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the mind or the act of knowing because these phenomena are not observable.

c)

B.F. Skinner who was perhaps the most influential behavioral scientist was unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the mind or the act of knowing because these phenomena are not observable.

d)

B.F. Skinner that was perhaps the most influential behavioral scientist was unwilling to acknowledge the existence of the mind or the act of knowing because these phenomena are not observable.

Question 4

Please choose the item that is grammatically correct.

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a)

Cognitive psychologists disagreed with traditional behaviorists. Unlike the traditional behaviorists who were only concerned with what learners do, cognitive psychologists were interested in what learners know and how they come to acquire that knowledge.

b)

Cognitive psychologists disagreed with traditional behaviorists. Unlike the traditional behaviorists who were only concerned with what learners do cognitive psychologists were interested in what learners know and how they come to acquire that knowledge.

c)

Cognitive psychologists disagreed with traditional behaviorists. Unlike the traditional behaviorists that were only concerned with what learners do, cognitive psychologists were interested in what learners know and how they come to acquire that knowledge.

d)

Cognitive psychologists disagreed with traditional behaviorists. Unlike the traditional behaviorists, who were only concerned with what learners do, cognitive psychologists were interested in what learners know and how they come to acquire that knowledge.

Question 8

Please choose the item that is grammatically correct.

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a)

Constructivism which was founded on Kantian beliefs claims that reality is constructed by the knower based on mental activity.

b)

Constructivism that was founded on Kantian beliefs, claims that reality is constructed by the knower based on mental activity.

c)

Constructivism which was founded on Kantian beliefs claims that reality is constructed by the knower based on mental activity.

d)

Constructivism, which was founded on Kantian beliefs, claims that reality is constructed by the knower based on mental activity.