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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






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






3. 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)






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






5. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






6. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






7. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






8. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






9. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






10. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






11. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






12. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.






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






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






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






16. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






17. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






27. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






28. 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.






29. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






30. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






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






32. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






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






34. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






35. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






36. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






37. Events that precede behaviors






38. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






39. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






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






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






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