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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. 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)






2. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






3. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






4. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






5. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






6. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






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






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






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






10. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






12. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






13. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






14. 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)






15. 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






16. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






17. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






18. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






19. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






20. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






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






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






23. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






24. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






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






26. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






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






28. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






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






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






31. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






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






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






34. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






35. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






36. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






37. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






38. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






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






40. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






41. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






42. Perception of and response to different stimuli






43. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






44. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






46. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






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






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






49. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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







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