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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
criterion-related evidence
self-esteem
development
conditioned stimulus
2. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
perception
motivation
calling order
antecedent stimuli
3. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
reversibility
variable
development
sign systems
4. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
antecedent stimuli
modeling
Premack Principle
interference
5. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
neutral stimuli
retroactive inhibition
cooperative learning
concept
6. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
PQ4R method
egocentric
transitivity
applied behavior analysis
7. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
behavioral learning theories
identity vs. role confusion
verbal learning
centration
8. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
generativity vs self-absorption
expectancy theory
cognitive apprenticeship
formal operational stage
9. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
recency effect
sensory register
behavior-content matrix
10. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
loci method
distributed practice
behavior-content matrix
11. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
discontinuous theories of development
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
learning goals
summarizing
12. 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.
operant conditioning
scaffolding
applied behavior analysis
discrimination
13. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
major stage theorists
primacy effect
aptitude-treatment interaction
paired-associate learning
14. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
verbal learning
working memory capacity
process-product studies
trust vs. mistrust
15. Continuation (of behavior)
private speech
meaningful learning
metacognitive skills
maintenance
16. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
proactive inhibition
mapping
verbal learning
flashbulb memory
17. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
semantic memory
applied behavior analysis
psychosocial crisis
self-questioning strategies
18. Learning of a list of items in any order.
free-recall learning
retroactive facilitation
locus of control
self-questioning strategies
19. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
expectancy theory
initial-letter strategies
self-actualization
class inclusion
20. 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.
interference
associative play
readiness training
vicarious learning
21. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
educational psychology
keyword method
sex-role behavior
conditioned stimulus
22. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
large muscle development
instrumental enrichment
adaptation
generalization
23. 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.
emergent literacy
industry vs. inferiority
associative play
paired bilingual education
24. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
cognitive apprenticeship
note-taking
proactive facilitation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
25. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
scaffolding
industry vs. inferiority
process-product studies
cues
26. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
sex-role behavior
psychosocial theory
paired-associate learning
vicarious learning
27. Perception of and response to different stimuli
initiative vs. guilt
cooperative learning
communicating positive expectations
discrimination
28. Play that occurs alone.
moratorium
sensory register
laboratory experiment
solitary play
29. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
external locus of control
moral dilemmas
removal punishment
levels-of-processing theory
30. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
top-down processing
private speech
self-regulation
rule-example-rule
31. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
rote learning
self-regulation
developmentally appropriate education
untracking
32. The study of learning and teaching.
variable-interval schedule.
educational psychology
lesson clarity
external validity
33. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
control group
randomized field experiment
effective use of independent practice time
expectancy-valence model
34. A person's interpretation of stimuli
worked examples
control group
perception
cognitive apprenticeship
35. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
social comparison
integrity vs. despiar
proactive inhibition
industry vs. inferiority
36. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
consequences
Joplin Plan
operant conditioning
schemes
37. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
object permanence
autonomy vs. doubt
rote learning
discovery learning
38. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
effective teaching
sex-role behavior
serial learning
mental set
39. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
self-regulated learners
content integration
learned helplessness
randomized field experiment
40. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
retroactive facilitation
proactive facilitation
self-esteem
group contingencies
41. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
affective objectives
associative play
primary reinforcer
free-recall learning
42. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards
within-class ability grouping
untracking
nongraded programs
reflectivity
43. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
paired-associate learning
unconditioned stimulus
effective use of independent practice time
44. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
stimuli
sign systems
teacher efficacy
pegword method
45. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
emergent literacy
automaticity
unconditioned stimulus
choral responses
46. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
worked examples
note-taking
action research
reflexes
47. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
consequences
expectancy-valence model
extinction burst
summarizing
48. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
antecedent stimuli
elaboration
cues
49. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
PQ4R method
interference
self-actualization
object permanence
50. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
fixed-interval schedule
effective use of independent practice time
randomized field experiment
variable