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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
constructivist theories of learning
maintenance
uncorrelated variables
vicarious learning
2. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
discontinuous theories of development
bottom-up processing
social comparison
self-concept
3. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
private speech
self-regulation
analogies
zone of proximal development
4. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
treatment
long-term memory
transitivity
aptitude-treatment interaction
5. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
secondary reinforcer
Joplin Plan
self-concept
primacy effect
6. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
unconditioned stimulus
instrumental enrichment
conditioned stimulus
teacher efficacy
7. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
conventional level of morality
perception
massed practice
action research
8. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
external locus of control
cognitive development
antecedent stimuli
behavior-content matrix
9. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
initiative vs. guilt
foreclosure
Joplin Plan
accommodation
10. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
uncorrelated variables
massed practice
psychosocial theory
proactive facilitation
11. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
unconditioned stimulus
calling order
random assignment
direct instruction
12. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
intimacy vs. isolation
locus of control
untracking
formal operational stage
13. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
cognitive development
seatwork
adaptation
zone of proximal development
14. 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
random assignment
untracking
semantic memory
proactive inhibition
15. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
pegword method
class inclusion
overlapping
single-case experiment
16. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
extinction
large muscle development
content integration
mnemonics
17. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
episodic memory
semantic memory
variable-interval schedule.
between-class ability grouping
18. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
english immersion
transitivity
Premack Principle
constructivist theories of learning
19. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
Skinner box
large muscle development
Premack Principle
assimilation
20. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
learning goals
teacher efficacy
procedural memory
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
21. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
attribution theory
lesson clarity
behavior-content matrix
neutral stimuli
22. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
deficiency needs
advance organizers
mock participation
23. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
maintenance
calling order
cooperative learning
scaffolding
24. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
correlational study
english immersion
social comparison
25. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
inferred reality
worked examples
pedagogy
26. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
educational psychology
neutral stimuli
fixed-interval schedule
presentation punishment
27. 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)
long-term memory
Joplin Plan
bottom-up processing
initiative vs. guilt
28. 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
maintenance
transfer of learning
regrouping
external validity
29. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
group contingencies
proactive facilitation
postconventional level of morality
initiative vs. guilt
30. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
psychosocial crisis
internal validity
antecedent stimuli
advance organizers
31. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
intelligence quotient (IQ)
schema theory
solitary play
formal operational stage
32. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
self-actualization
moral dilemmas
imagery
advance organizers
33. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
achievement motivation
keyword method
variable
early intervention program
34. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
learning probes
sensorimotor stage
scaffolding
rote learning
35. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
worked examples
transitivity
choral responses
egocentric
36. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
discrimination
concept
modeling
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
37. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
content integration
mental set
moratorium
Skinner box
38. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
retroactive facilitation
fixed-interval schedule
variable-interval schedule.
reversibility
39. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
random assignment
compensatory preschool programs
class inclusion
40. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
principle
cooperative play
semantic memory
metacognitive skills
41. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
sensory register
criterion-related evidence
knowledge construction
42. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
advance organizers
summative evaluations
elaboration
autonomy vs. doubt
43. 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)
retroactive inhibition
autonomy vs. doubt
free-recall learning
intentionality
44. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
intimacy vs. isolation
keyword method
randomized field experiment
schemes
45. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
mock participation
between-class ability grouping
inferred reality
46. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
parallel play
learning goals
single-case experiment
educational psychology
47. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
paired bilingual education
note-taking
assimilation
self-regulated learners
48. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
continuous theories of development
Premack Principle
variable
flashbulb memory
49. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
criterion-related evidence
pegword method
formal operational stage
nformation-processing theory
50. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
uncorrelated variables
principle
norm-referenced interpretations
social learning theory
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