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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
process-product studies
imagery
derived scores
content evidence
2. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
formal operational stage
meaningful learning
mock participation
rule-example-rule
3. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
descriptive research
seatwork
social learning theory
4. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
loci method
distributed practice
multiple intelligences
Premack Principle
5. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
learned helplessness
uncorrelated variables
action research
consequences
6. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
outlining
flashbulb memory
pedagogy
applied behavior analysis
7. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
psychosocial crisis
transitivity
within-class ability grouping
keyword method
8. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
untracking
individualized instruction
mental set
autonomous morality
9. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
two-way bilingual education
teacher efficacy
identity vs. role confusion
10. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
lesson clarity
outlining
centration
bilingual education
11. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
between-class ability grouping
learning
experiment
readiness training
12. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
heteronomous morality
instrumental enrichment
schemata
dual code theory of memory
13. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
schema theory
behavioral learning theories
sex-role behavior
discrimination
14. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
proactive inhibition
norm-referenced interpretations
mapping
experiment
15. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
bilingual education
positive correlation
cooperative play
removal punishment
16. Perception of and response to different stimuli
single-case experiment
criterion-references interpretations
discrimination
cognitive apprenticeship
17. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
uncorrelated variables
review prerequisites
top-down processing
early intervention program
18. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
class inclusion
perception
summarizing
content evidence
19. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
criterion-related evidence
flashbulb memory
cognitive development
schema theory
20. 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.
action research
associative play
nformation-processing theory
mock participation
21. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
sensory register
elaboration
formative evaluation
presentation punishment
22. A person's interpretation of stimuli
discrimination
conventional level of morality
pegword method
perception
23. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
paired-associate learning
theory
early intervention program
presentation punishment
24. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
industry vs. inferiority
preoperational stage
group contingencies
random assignment
25. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
proactive inhibition
schemata
analogies
two-way bilingual education
26. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
paired bilingual education
intimacy vs. isolation
dual code theory of memory
autonomy vs. doubt
27. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
Skinner box
criterion-references interpretations
compensatory education
formative evaluation
28. Research + common sense
effective teaching
fixed-interval schedule
outlining
retroactive facilitation
29. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
content integration
shaping
seriation
wait time
30. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
meaningful learning
paired-associate learning
uncorrelated variables
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
31. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension
law
equity pedagogy
aptitude-treatment interaction
reciprocal teaching
32. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
reflectivity
direct instruction
trust vs. mistrust
effective teaching
33. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
metacognitive skills
teacher efficacy
treatment
intelligence quotient (IQ)
34. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
formal operational stage
primacy effect
initial-letter strategies
instrumental enrichment
35. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
effective use of independent practice time
removal punishment
self-esteem
correlational study
36. 5 to 9 pieces of information
single-case experiment
random assignment
working memory capacity
verbal learning
37. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
initiative vs. guilt
accommodation
learned helplessness
external validity
38. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
english immersion
within-class ability grouping
cooperative play
autonomy vs. doubt
39. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
levels-of-processing theory
correlational study
sign systems
proactive facilitation
40. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
recency effect
content evidence
randomized field experiment
top-down processing
41. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
presentation punishment
discontinuous theories of development
criterion-references interpretations
applied behavior analysis
42. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
schedule of reinforcement
meaningful learning
inferred reality
working memory capacity
43. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
PQ4R method
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
conventional level of morality
reciprocal teaching
44. Play that occurs alone.
educational psychology
perception
solitary play
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
45. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
short-term/ working memory
preconventional level of morality
regrouping
solitary play
46. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
criterion-references interpretations
self-regulation
nformation-processing theory
norm-referenced interpretations
47. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
parts of a direct instruction lesson
positive correlation
punishment
48. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
compensatory preschool programs
intelligence
summarizing
punishment
49. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
direct instruction
autonomy vs. doubt
self-questioning strategies
summative evaluations
50. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
semantic memory
pegword method
self-regulation
retroactive inhibition