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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)






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






3. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






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






5. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






6. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






7. A change in an individual that results from experience.






8. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






9. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






10. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






11. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






12. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






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






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






15. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






16. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






17. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






18. Learning of a list of items in any order.






19. 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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20. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






21. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






22. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others






23. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






24. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record






25. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






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






27. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






28. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.






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






30. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






31. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)






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






33. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






34. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






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






36. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






37. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






38. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.






39. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






40. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






41. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






42. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






43. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






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






45. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






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






47. 5 to 9 pieces of information






48. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






49. 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.






50. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.