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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
motivation
sex-role behavior
action research
parts of a direct instruction lesson
2. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
prejudice reduction
self-concept
learned helplessness
generativity vs self-absorption
3. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
Blooms Taxonomy
uncorrelated variables
flashbulb memory
4. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
formal operational stage
unconditioned stimulus
industry vs. inferiority
external locus of control
5. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
readiness training
bottom-up processing
criterion-related evidence
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
6. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
large muscle development
outlining
top-down processing
loci method
7. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
communicating positive expectations
semantic memory
individualized instruction
consequences
8. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
constructivist theories of learning
discrimination
calling order
note-taking
9. 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
intelligence quotient (IQ)
discovery learning
observational learning
semantic memory
10. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
verbal learning
wait time
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
operant conditioning
11. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
educational psychology
control group
elaboration
object permanence
12. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
short-term/ working memory
process-product studies
early intervention program
secondary reinforcer
13. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
sensorimotor stage
identity vs. role confusion
mental set
identity achievement
14. 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.
means-ends analysis
emergent literacy
multiple intelligences
seriation
15. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
fixed-interval schedule
proactive inhibition
bottom-up processing
equity pedagogy
16. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
small muscle development
calling order
bottom-up processing
assimilation
17. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
recency effect
descriptive research
identity vs. role confusion
short-term/ working memory
18. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
cognitive learning theories
transitivity
sensory register
metacognition
19. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
cognitive apprenticeship
private speech
distributed practice
centration
20. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
untracking
identity achievement
schemata
assertive discipline
21. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
compensatory preschool programs
heteronomous morality
constructivism
dual code theory of memory
22. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
rehearsal
applied behavior analysis
formative evaluation
23. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
group contingencies
equilibration
parallel play
24. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
vicarious learning
recency effect
growth needs
25. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
external validity
consequences
transitional bilingual education
automaticity
26. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
mock participation
constructivism
metacognitive skills
growth needs
27. 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.
performance goals
autonomy vs. doubt
emergent literacy
reciprocal teaching
28. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
long-term memory
retroactive inhibition
constructivism
zone of proximal development
29. The study of learning and teaching.
Skinner box
postconventional level of morality
educational psychology
treatment
30. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
uncorrelated variables
treatment
applied behavior analysis
discovery learning
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)
deficiency needs
initiative vs. guilt
norm-referenced interpretations
cues
32. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
shaping
single-case experiment
moratorium
cognitive development
33. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
self-esteem
home-based reinforcement strategies
note-taking
advance organizers
34. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
trust vs. mistrust
summarizing
applied behavior analysis
egocentric
35. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
consequences
mnemonics
reciprocal teaching
punishment
36. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
generalization
principle
self-actualization
sex-role behavior
37. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
shaping
episodic memory
lesson clarity
outlining
38. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
overlapping
emergent literacy
learned helplessness
private speech
39. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
assertive discipline
industry vs. inferiority
theory
internal validity
40. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
variable-interval schedule.
egocentric
observational learning
cooperative play
41. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
autonomy vs. doubt
concrete operational stage
pedagogy
growth needs
42. 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.
accommodation
proactive facilitation
associative play
control group
43. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
prejudice reduction
outlining
pegword method
long-term memory
44. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
keyword method
negative correlation
independent practice
associative play
45. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
assimilation
behavioral learning theories
note-taking
parts of a direct instruction lesson
46. 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.
variable-interval schedule.
massed practice
class inclusion
sensorimotor stage
47. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
group contingencies
egocentric
schemes
48. A change in an individual that results from experience.
schemata
learning
social learning theory
concept
49. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
descriptive research
conservation
growth needs
derived scores
50. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
norm-referenced interpretations
extinction burst
regrouping
paired bilingual education