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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
means-ends analysis
critical thinking
classical conditioning
cooperative scripting
2. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co
treatment
expectancy-valence model
mnemonics
observational learning
3. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
sex-role behavior
heteronomous morality
concrete operational stage
moral dilemmas
4. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
behavioral learning theories
variable-interval schedule.
metacognitive skills
enactment
5. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
flashbulb memory
postconventional level of morality
long-term memory
distributed practice
6. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
identity vs. role confusion
locus of control
expectancy-valence model
autonomy vs. doubt
7. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
equity pedagogy
discontinuous theories of development
theory
postconventional level of morality
8. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
compensatory preschool programs
mnemonics
identity diffusion
shaping
9. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
verbal learning
metacognitive skills
deficiency needs
social learning theory
10. 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)
autonomy vs. doubt
transitional bilingual education
intelligence quotient (IQ)
constructivism
11. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
paired bilingual education
integrity vs. despiar
pegword method
schemata
12. Events that precede behaviors
effective use of independent practice time
locus of control
antecedent stimuli
initiative vs. guilt
13. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
means-ends analysis
inferred reality
interference
cooperative scripting
14. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
flashbulb memory
transitivity
class inclusion
major stage theorists
15. 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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16. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
shaping
conditioned stimulus
wait time
distributed practice
17. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formal operational stage
criterion-references interpretations
self-regulation
mediated learning
18. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
home-based reinforcement strategies
criterion-related evidence
sensorimotor stage
compensatory education
19. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
constructivism
compensatory preschool programs
concrete operational stage
20. 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
industry vs. inferiority
summative evaluations
effective use of independent practice time
wait time
21. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
review prerequisites
within-class ability grouping
elaboration
individualized instruction
22. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
rehearsal
foreclosure
punishment
extinction burst
23. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
social comparison
short-term/ working memory
secondary reinforcer
variable
24. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
distributed practice
effective teaching
group contingencies
learned helplessness
25. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
cognitive learning theories
cues
identity diffusion
social comparison
26. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
attention
learning
outlining
enactment
27. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
cognitive apprenticeship
attention
fixed-interval schedule
transfer of learning
28. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
presentation punishment
proactive inhibition
learning goals
social learning theory
29. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
outlining
expectancy-valence model
two-way bilingual education
assimilation
30. 5 to 9 pieces of information
wait time
descriptive research
between-class ability grouping
working memory capacity
31. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
retroactive inhibition
english immersion
foreclosure
rehearsal
32. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
variable-interval schedule.
aptitude-treatment interaction
formative evaluation
massed practice
33. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
variable-interval schedule.
reversibility
postconventional level of morality
theory
34. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
treatment
scaffolding
regrouping
generativity vs self-absorption
35. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
performance goals
massed practice
withitness
external locus of control
36. Research + common sense
initiative vs. guilt
action research
effective teaching
attention
37. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
treatment
levels-of-processing theory
within-class ability grouping
continuous theories of development
38. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
extinction
aptitude-treatment interaction
bilingual education
bottom-up processing
39. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
moral dilemmas
maintenance
randomized field experiment
40. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
primary reinforcer
transitivity
maintenance
applied behavior analysis
41. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
fixed-interval schedule
external locus of control
multiple intelligences
compensatory education
42. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
serial learning
formal operational stage
communicating positive expectations
effective teaching
43. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
self-concept
control group
aptitude-treatment interaction
44. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
self-regulated learners
behavioral learning theories
cognitive behavior modification
review prerequisites
45. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
principle
conservation
affective objectives
continuous theories of development
46. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
mnemonics
cooperative scripting
initiative vs. guilt
paired-associate learning
47. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
communicating positive expectations
reflexes
reflectivity
behavioral learning theories
48. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
developmentally appropriate education
schemes
scaffolding
recency effect
49. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
consequences
autonomy vs. doubt
theory
learning probes
50. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
sensorimotor stage
seriation
positive correlation
internal validity