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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
primacy effect
control group
concrete operational stage
derived scores
2. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
large muscle development
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
rule-example-rule
schedule of reinforcement
3. Continuation (of behavior)
conservation
self-esteem
maintenance
scaffolding
4. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
attention
heteronomous morality
5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
fixed-interval schedule
primacy effect
PQ4R method
flashbulb memory
6. A person's interpretation of stimuli
emergent literacy
motivation
perception
top-down processing
7. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
negative correlation
english immersion
punishment
8. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals
QAIT model
retroactive facilitation
elaboration
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
9. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
reflectivity
behavior-content matrix
psychosocial theory
summarizing
10. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
massed practice
norm-referenced interpretations
parts of a direct instruction lesson
educational psychology
11. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
identity vs. role confusion
group contingencies
zone of proximal development
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
12. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
proactive facilitation
expectancy theory
laboratory experiment
shaping
13. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
parts of a direct instruction lesson
metacognitive skills
vicarious learning
14. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
learning probes
formative evaluation
single-case experiment
distributed practice
15. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
schedule of reinforcement
private speech
serial learning
social learning theory
16. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
experimental group
Joplin Plan
cognitive apprenticeship
affective objectives
17. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
negative correlation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
conditioned stimulus
loci method
18. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
parallel play
dual code theory of memory
formative evaluation
punishment
19. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
between-class ability grouping
growth needs
loci method
educational psychology
20. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
mediated learning
expectancy-valence model
levels-of-processing theory
modeling
21. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rule-example-rule
imagery
rote learning
effective teaching
22. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
lesson clarity
concept
content evidence
growth needs
23. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
principle
proactive facilitation
prejudice reduction
development
24. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
constructivist theories of learning
enactment
working memory capacity
continuous theories of development
25. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
removal punishment
top-down processing
transfer of learning
readiness training
26. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
moral dilemmas
object permanence
laboratory experiment
27. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
calling order
untracking
inert knowledge
28. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
cooperative scripting
scaffolding
loci method
regrouping
29. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
means-ends analysis
derived scores
cognitive learning theories
regrouping
30. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
behavioral learning theories
mock participation
motivation
presentation punishment
31. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
sex-role behavior
interference
PQ4R method
group contingencies
32. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
stimuli
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
criterion-related evidence
interference
33. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
schemata
metacognition
seatwork
34. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
Skinner box
social learning theory
autonomous morality
schemes
35. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
two-way bilingual education
self-regulation
affective objectives
top-down processing
36. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
autonomous morality
elaboration
imagery
growth needs
37. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
sex-role behavior
self-questioning strategies
dual code theory of memory
neutral stimuli
38. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
positive correlation
self-regulation
class inclusion
affective objectives
39. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
learning goals
consequences
preoperational stage
40. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
identity achievement
self-esteem
identity vs. role confusion
equilibration
41. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
treatment
summative evaluations
mental set
bilingual education
42. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
modeling
constructivism
variable
overlapping
43. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
cognitive development
knowledge construction
solitary play
compensatory education
44. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
content integration
choral responses
emergent literacy
untracking
45. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
group contingencies
extinction burst
attribution theory
cognitive apprenticeship
46. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
semantic memory
treatment
positive correlation
discontinuous theories of development
47. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
PQ4R method
fixed-interval schedule
scaffolding
adaptation
48. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
instrumental enrichment
inert knowledge
cooperative scripting
regrouping
49. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
perception
emergent literacy
correlational study
retroactive facilitation
50. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
equity pedagogy
primary reinforcer
identity achievement
learning