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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






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






3. 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.






4. The study of learning and teaching.






5. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






6. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






7. Events that precede behaviors






8. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.






9. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






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






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






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






13. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






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






15. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






16. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






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






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






19. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






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






21. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






22. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






23. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






24. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






25. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






26. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






27. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






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






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






30. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






31. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






32. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






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






34. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






35. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






36. Play that occurs alone.






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






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






39. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






41. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






42. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






43. 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)






44. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






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






46. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






47. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






48. 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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49. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.






50. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.







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