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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






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






3. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






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






5. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






6. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.






7. Continuation (of behavior)






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






9. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






10. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






11. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')






12. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.






13. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






14. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






15. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






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






17. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






18. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






19. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






20. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)






21. Research + common sense






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






23. 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)






24. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






25. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






26. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






27. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.






28. 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.






29. Play that occurs alone.






30. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






31. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






32. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






33. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






34. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






36. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






37. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






38. The study of learning and teaching.






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






40. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






41. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.






42. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






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






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






45. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






46. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






47. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






48. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






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






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







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