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Educational Psychology Vocab
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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.
assertive discipline
mediated learning
associative play
motivation
2. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
psychosocial theory
pedagogy
variable-interval schedule.
paired-associate learning
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.
note-taking
mediated learning
social comparison
review prerequisites
4. The study of learning and teaching.
equilibration
educational psychology
keyword method
internal validity
5. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
law
stimuli
reciprocal teaching
action research
6. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
zone of proximal development
pedagogy
achievement motivation
withitness
7. Events that precede behaviors
prosocial behaviors
identity achievement
antecedent stimuli
mental set
8. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
class inclusion
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
private speech
inferred reality
9. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
heteronomous morality
attention
short-term/ working memory
motivation
10. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
learning goals
cognitive apprenticeship
transitional bilingual education
experiment
11. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
mnemonics
worked examples
moral dilemmas
12. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
negative correlation
deficiency needs
learned helplessness
schema theory
13. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
paired-associate learning
associative play
seriation
loci method
14. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
formative evaluation
formal operational stage
long-term memory
intelligence
15. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
instrumental enrichment
expectancy theory
Blooms Taxonomy
consequences
16. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
cooperative scripting
perception
pegword method
generativity vs self-absorption
17. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
process-product studies
sign systems
summative evaluations
18. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
constructivism
sign systems
observational learning
effective teaching
19. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
levels-of-processing theory
serial learning
centration
unconditioned stimulus
20. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
direct instruction
learning goals
moratorium
initial-letter strategies
21. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
regrouping
intentionality
expectancy theory
modeling
22. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
achievement motivation
reflectivity
retroactive facilitation
maintenance
23. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
internal validity
perception
correlational study
parallel play
24. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
calling order
performance goals
randomized field experiment
learning probes
25. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
expectancy theory
integrity vs. despiar
class inclusion
home-based reinforcement strategies
26. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
calling order
self-questioning strategies
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
action research
27. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
conditioned stimulus
equity pedagogy
sign systems
initiative vs. guilt
28. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
equilibration
enactment
cooperative play
development
29. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
object permanence
procedural memory
episodic memory
cues
30. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
derived scores
cognitive behavior modification
31. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
flashbulb memory
trust vs. mistrust
long-term memory
32. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
conventional level of morality
Skinner box
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
locus of control
33. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
mental set
self-esteem
initiative vs. guilt
assertive discipline
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.
prejudice reduction
schema theory
pegword method
early intervention program
35. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
cues
parts of a direct instruction lesson
small muscle development
learning goals
36. Play that occurs alone.
solitary play
learned helplessness
perception
major stage theorists
37. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
critical thinking
self-regulated learners
correlational study
advance organizers
38. 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
integrity vs. despiar
serial learning
primary reinforcer
39. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
knowledge construction
individualized instruction
serial learning
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
40. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
learning goals
critical thinking
control group
development
41. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
emergent literacy
nformation-processing theory
initiative vs. guilt
42. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
achievement motivation
intimacy vs. isolation
scaffolding
withitness
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)
concrete operational stage
class inclusion
variable
inert knowledge
44. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
sensorimotor stage
schemata
flashbulb memory
worked examples
45. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
associative play
prejudice reduction
teacher efficacy
correlational study
46. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
expectancy-valence model
overlapping
reflexes
generativity vs self-absorption
47. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
self-regulation
associative play
foreclosure
stimuli
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.
intentionality
inert knowledge
industry vs. inferiority
accommodation
50. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
expectancy theory
top-down processing
inert knowledge
punishment
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