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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






2. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






3. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






4. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






5. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






6. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






7. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






8. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






9. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






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






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






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






13. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






14. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






15. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






16. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review






17. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






18. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






19. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






20. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






21. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need

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






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






24. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






25. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






26. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)






27. A change in an individual that results from experience.






28. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






29. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






30. Research + common sense






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






32. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






33. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






35. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






36. The study of learning and teaching.






37. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






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






39. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






40. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






41. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






42. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






43. 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.






44. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






45. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






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






47. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






48. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






49. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






50. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.