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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
single-case experiment
integrity vs. despiar
pegword method
2. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
class inclusion
initial-letter strategies
cues
english immersion
3. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
cognitive apprenticeship
cues
external locus of control
discovery learning
4. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
paired bilingual education
criterion-related evidence
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
means-ends analysis
5. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
psychosocial theory
paired bilingual education
correlational study
treatment
6. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
sensorimotor stage
sensory register
moral dilemmas
content integration
7. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
cooperative scripting
metacognitive skills
paired-associate learning
flashbulb memory
8. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
discrimination
generalization
stimuli
9. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
inert knowledge
constructivism
dual code theory of memory
10. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
schemes
identity diffusion
shaping
semantic memory
11. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
centration
self-regulation
review prerequisites
social learning theory
12. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
readiness training
communicating positive expectations
cooperative scripting
compensatory preschool programs
13. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
means-ends analysis
criterion-references interpretations
summarizing
14. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
means-ends analysis
modeling
shaping
long-term memory
15. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
learning probes
constructivism
enactment
uncorrelated variables
16. The study of learning and teaching.
centration
stimuli
educational psychology
private speech
17. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
external validity
sensorimotor stage
calling order
applied behavior analysis
18. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
accommodation
multiple intelligences
early intervention program
lesson clarity
19. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
cognitive learning theories
reinforcer
means-ends analysis
formative evaluation
20. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
prosocial behaviors
levels-of-processing theory
learned helplessness
cooperative scripting
21. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
psychosocial crisis
assertive discipline
reflexes
self-concept
22. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
advance organizers
rule-example-rule
integrity vs. despiar
Skinner box
23. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
parallel play
primacy effect
english immersion
24. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
rote learning
unconditioned stimulus
short-term/ working memory
semantic memory
25. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
sex-role behavior
theory
class inclusion
multiple intelligences
26. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
control group
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
emergent literacy
negative correlation
27. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
interference
schedule of reinforcement
worked examples
knowledge construction
28. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
autonomy vs. doubt
learned helplessness
cooperative play
egocentric
29. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
modeling
worked examples
classical conditioning
presentation punishment
30. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
preconventional level of morality
intimacy vs. isolation
industry vs. inferiority
english immersion
31. 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
review prerequisites
aptitude-treatment interaction
observational learning
self-questioning strategies
32. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
postconventional level of morality
constructivist theories of learning
autonomy vs. doubt
control group
33. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
pegword method
preoperational stage
recency effect
nongraded programs
34. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
criterion-references interpretations
reflexes
prejudice reduction
self-regulated learners
35. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
learned helplessness
recency effect
removal punishment
episodic memory
36. 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
regrouping
home-based reinforcement strategies
proactive facilitation
psychosocial crisis
37. Research + common sense
effective teaching
mapping
self-esteem
growth needs
38. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
vicarious learning
mental set
levels-of-processing theory
criterion-references interpretations
39. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
locus of control
withitness
discontinuous theories of development
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
40. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
extinction burst
behavioral learning theories
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
shaping
41. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
inferred reality
identity vs. role confusion
concept
learning goals
42. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
large muscle development
behavioral learning theories
centration
mnemonics
43. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
law
two-way bilingual education
sex-role behavior
44. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
reflexes
communicating positive expectations
small muscle development
centration
45. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
self-regulation
intimacy vs. isolation
mediated learning
within-class ability grouping
46. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
growth needs
advance organizers
instrumental enrichment
47. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
seriation
law
cooperative play
schemes
48. 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.
trust vs. mistrust
development
presentation punishment
associative play
49. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
prejudice reduction
performance goals
keyword method
fixed-interval schedule
50. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.
seatwork
correlational study
summarizing
rote learning