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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






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






3. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






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






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






6. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






7. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






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






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






10. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






17. Research + common sense






18. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






19. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






21. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






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






23. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






24. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






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






33. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






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






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






36. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






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






38. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






39. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






41. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






42. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






43. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






44. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






45. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






46. The study of learning and teaching.






47. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






48. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge






49. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






50. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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