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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






2. Events that precede behaviors






3. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






4. The study of learning and teaching.






5. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






6. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






7. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






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






9. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






10. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






11. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






12. Play that occurs alone.






13. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






14. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






15. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






16. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






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






18. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






19. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






20. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






21. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






22. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






23. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






24. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






25. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






26. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






27. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






28. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






29. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






30. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






31. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






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






33. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






34. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






35. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






36. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






37. 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






38. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






39. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






40. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






41. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






42. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






43. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






44. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






45. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






46. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.






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






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






49. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






50. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)