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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






2. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






4. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






6. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.






7. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)






8. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






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






10. Events that precede behaviors






11. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






12. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






13. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






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






15. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






16. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






17. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






18. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






19. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






20. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






21. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






23. 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.






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






25. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






26. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






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






28. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






29. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






30. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






31. Continuation (of behavior)






32. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






33. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






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






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






36. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






37. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.






38. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.






39. A person's interpretation of stimuli






40. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






41. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






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






44. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






45. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






46. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






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






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






49. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.






50. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.