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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
object permanence
transitivity
scaffolding
2. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
locus of control
knowledge construction
inferred reality
cooperative learning
3. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
internal validity
parallel play
fixed-interval schedule
variable-interval schedule.
4. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
sensorimotor stage
proactive facilitation
moral dilemmas
content integration
5. Perception of and response to different stimuli
extinction burst
aptitude-treatment interaction
discrimination
unconditioned stimulus
6. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
principle
semantic memory
private speech
industry vs. inferiority
7. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
discovery learning
conditioned stimulus
proactive inhibition
proactive facilitation
8. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
conventional level of morality
readiness training
paired bilingual education
self-actualization
9. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
norm-referenced interpretations
pedagogy
summarizing
primary reinforcer
10. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
Blooms Taxonomy
moratorium
learning
discovery learning
11. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
formative evaluation
generativity vs self-absorption
identity achievement
content integration
12. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
mnemonics
emergent literacy
psychosocial crisis
rote learning
13. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
behavior-content matrix
social comparison
verbal learning
sensorimotor stage
14. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.
laboratory experiment
expectancy theory
foreclosure
two-way bilingual education
15. 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
experiment
modeling
experimental group
regrouping
16. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
teacher efficacy
correlational study
summarizing
17. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
metacognitive skills
primacy effect
18. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
treatment
effective use of independent practice time
inert knowledge
semantic memory
19. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
preoperational stage
independent practice
classical conditioning
20. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
early intervention program
flashbulb memory
zone of proximal development
accommodation
21. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
intelligence
action research
analogies
aptitude-treatment interaction
22. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
mnemonics
major stage theorists
primacy effect
intelligence
23. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
formal operational stage
classical conditioning
cooperative learning
levels-of-processing theory
24. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
external locus of control
parallel play
social comparison
pegword method
25. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
independent practice
experiment
assimilation
extinction burst
26. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
means-ends analysis
punishment
worked examples
enactment
27. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
mental set
direct instruction
sensorimotor stage
sex-role behavior
28. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
prosocial behaviors
cognitive learning theories
secondary reinforcer
29. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.
negative correlation
integrity vs. despiar
mock participation
cognitive learning theories
30. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
bottom-up processing
retroactive facilitation
achievement motivation
parts of a direct instruction lesson
31. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
descriptive research
lesson clarity
transfer of learning
32. 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.
means-ends analysis
small muscle development
cognitive behavior modification
critical thinking
33. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
attribution theory
affective objectives
self-regulation
preconventional level of morality
34. 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.
knowledge construction
bilingual education
heteronomous morality
assimilation
35. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
home-based reinforcement strategies
single-case experiment
episodic memory
rote learning
36. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
generalization
intelligence
levels-of-processing theory
cues
37. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
variable
massed practice
automaticity
growth needs
38. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
long-term memory
deficiency needs
knowledge construction
39. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
principle
norm-referenced interpretations
generativity vs self-absorption
outlining
40. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
small muscle development
accommodation
secondary reinforcer
equity pedagogy
41. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
extinction burst
classical conditioning
nongraded programs
social learning theory
42. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
reinforcer
principle
seatwork
43. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
metacognitive skills
inferred reality
discontinuous theories of development
modeling
44. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
achievement motivation
transitivity
operant conditioning
continuous theories of development
45. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
antecedent stimuli
cognitive behavior modification
cognitive apprenticeship
learning probes
46. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
metacognitive skills
deficiency needs
removal punishment
massed practice
47. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
uncorrelated variables
inert knowledge
nongraded programs
private speech
48. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
interference
extinction
recency effect
compensatory education
49. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
learning probes
shaping
achievement motivation
regrouping
50. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
attention
retroactive inhibition
bilingual education
accommodation
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