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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






2. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






3. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






4. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






5. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






6. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






7. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






8. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






9. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






10. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






11. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






12. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






13. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






14. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






15. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






16. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






17. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






18. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






19. Research + common sense






20. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






21. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






22. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






23. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






24. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)






25. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






26. Continuation (of behavior)






27. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






28. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






29. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






30. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






31. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






32. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






33. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






34. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






35. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






36. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






37. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






38. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






39. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






40. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






41. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






42. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.






43. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






44. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






45. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






46. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






47. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






48. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.






49. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






50. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.







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