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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Learning of a list of items in any order.
attention
free-recall learning
mapping
equity pedagogy
2. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
consequences
communicating positive expectations
transfer of learning
Skinner box
3. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
transfer of learning
reflectivity
within-class ability grouping
associative play
4. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
seriation
self-actualization
concrete operational stage
antecedent stimuli
5. 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.
moratorium
heteronomous morality
autonomous morality
concept
6. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
identity achievement
preconventional level of morality
long-term memory
PQ4R method
7. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
distributed practice
nongraded programs
shaping
self-questioning strategies
8. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
consequences
applied behavior analysis
top-down processing
prosocial behaviors
9. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
reciprocal teaching
Blooms Taxonomy
preconventional level of morality
vicarious learning
10. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
Premack Principle
punishment
compensatory education
integrity vs. despiar
11. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
unconditioned stimulus
reflectivity
zone of proximal development
constructivism
12. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
pegword method
loci method
keyword method
13. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
prosocial behaviors
cognitive learning theories
content evidence
instrumental enrichment
14. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
developmentally appropriate education
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
major stage theorists
calling order
15. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
shaping
random assignment
applied behavior analysis
metacognition
16. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
aptitude-treatment interaction
instrumental enrichment
major stage theorists
procedural memory
17. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
Premack Principle
self-regulation
neutral stimuli
mental set
18. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
single-case experiment
autonomy vs. doubt
major stage theorists
generalization
19. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
concrete operational stage
verbal learning
behavioral learning theories
short-term/ working memory
20. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
metacognitive skills
serial learning
dual code theory of memory
self-actualization
21. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
overlapping
choral responses
cues
learning goals
22. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
removal punishment
proactive facilitation
summarizing
discrimination
23. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
readiness training
automaticity
class inclusion
secondary reinforcer
24. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
concept
overlapping
instrumental enrichment
control group
25. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
outlining
prejudice reduction
derived scores
equity pedagogy
26. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cognitive behavior modification
accommodation
object permanence
initiative vs. guilt
27. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
sensorimotor stage
self-concept
bilingual education
semantic memory
28. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
cooperative scripting
punishment
loci method
autonomous morality
29. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
action research
self-esteem
review prerequisites
continuous theories of development
30. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
achievement motivation
summarizing
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
untracking
31. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
proactive facilitation
knowledge construction
effective teaching
regrouping
32. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
massed practice
learned helplessness
lesson clarity
observational learning
33. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
cooperative learning
postconventional level of morality
development
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
34. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
locus of control
cognitive development
sensory register
prejudice reduction
35. Play that occurs alone.
concrete operational stage
identity diffusion
discrimination
solitary play
36. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
self-concept
sex-role behavior
sensory register
between-class ability grouping
37. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
schemes
primary reinforcer
knowledge construction
self-concept
38. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
cognitive behavior modification
readiness training
instrumental enrichment
Premack Principle
39. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
primary reinforcer
self-questioning strategies
compensatory education
fixed-interval schedule
40. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
flashbulb memory
achievement motivation
small muscle development
41. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
compensatory education
learned helplessness
critical thinking
antecedent stimuli
42. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
imagery
Joplin Plan
internal validity
43. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
emergent literacy
zone of proximal development
equilibration
44. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
verbal learning
cognitive apprenticeship
seriation
intimacy vs. isolation
45. 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
observational learning
fixed-interval schedule
mapping
cognitive development
46. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
self-regulated learners
deficiency needs
positive correlation
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
47. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
flashbulb memory
conditioned stimulus
equilibration
content integration
48. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
continuous theories of development
generativity vs self-absorption
effective teaching
expectancy theory
49. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
accommodation
working memory capacity
randomized field experiment
aptitude-treatment interaction
50. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
initiative vs. guilt
english immersion
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
identity achievement