How Does Constructivism Relate To The Real World?

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Question 1: How does constructivism relate to the real world?
The constructivism enables students to modify their roles in constructing knowledge based on problem-solving and inquiry-based skills. Thus, students are able to test their own ideas, draw conclusions and infer the knowledge in relation to the environment. This makes them active recipients in the learning process. Therefore, the students develop innate curiosities about the real world and how it operates. Furthermore, they interact with the real world experience through hypothesis, testing and draw conclusion upon their findings.
Question 2: Comment on the potential benefits of further research in psychology to encourage individuals in being effective contributors in the workforce.
Barry Schwartz provides different suggestions on psychological aspects of motivation that encourages employees to be effective in their workforce besides provision of salaries and wages. However, such motivational techniques are absurd since they are not geared towards the development of the technology of ideas. Therefore, one of the very many aspects that are ignored is the social science that creates the ways of understanding one's self, how we think, aspires and acts. For instance, an employee can only revolt if he thinks that his status is as a result of oppression. Thus, idea technology developed through psychology when nurtured in a positive way make people effective contributors in the workforce. Henceforth, a research in psychology, especially in understanding human nature and creative ideas, changes a person's thinking in a positive way which makes the person be effective hence contribute positively towards workforce.
Question 3: Operant Conditioning
* Part I
* Luna has her car taken away for a week each time she is late for her curfew: Negative punishment
* Kiki is given $5 for every load of laundry she completes: Positive reinforcement
* William is shocked each time he touches an electrical outlet: Positive punishment
* Xander’s list of chores is reduced whenever he does a good deed: Negative reinforcement
* Part II
* The professor should use punishment the students to ensure that the behavior of lateness is decreased among the students. This can be done using positive punishment to add a negative consequence after the undesired behavior which is lateness is done hence will reduce the respon...