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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
dual code theory of memory
antecedent stimuli
autonomous morality
enactment
2. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
review prerequisites
object permanence
equilibration
development
3. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
object permanence
random assignment
cognitive learning theories
perception
4. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
positive correlation
behavior-content matrix
rehearsal
criterion-references interpretations
5. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
formal operational stage
self-questioning strategies
intelligence
nformation-processing theory
6. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
loci method
learning goals
review prerequisites
distributed practice
7. Explanation of the relationship between factors - such as the effects of alternative grading systems on student motivation.
principle
antecedent stimuli
moratorium
episodic memory
8. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
elaboration
descriptive research
calling order
cues
9. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
behavior-content matrix
schemata
shaping
discovery learning
10. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
effective use of independent practice time
advance organizers
self-esteem
sex-role behavior
11. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
descriptive research
principle
transfer of learning
instrumental enrichment
12. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
identity vs. role confusion
primary reinforcer
recency effect
consequences
13. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
foreclosure
egocentric
pegword method
adaptation
14. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
transitivity
Premack Principle
learning probes
communicating positive expectations
15. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
cooperative play
observational learning
transitional bilingual education
variable
16. A change in an individual that results from experience.
short-term/ working memory
learning
enactment
sensorimotor stage
17. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
generativity vs self-absorption
shaping
development
variable-interval schedule.
18. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
stimuli
expectancy-valence model
reinforcer
large muscle development
19. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
mnemonics
autonomous morality
learning probes
intelligence quotient (IQ)
20. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
discovery learning
schemata
transitional bilingual education
self-actualization
21. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
parallel play
schedule of reinforcement
motivation
enactment
22. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
nongraded programs
reflectivity
discrimination
between-class ability grouping
23. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
criterion-references interpretations
learning
distributed practice
emergent literacy
24. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)
external locus of control
social comparison
adaptation
identity achievement
25. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
overlapping
learning
sensorimotor stage
discontinuous theories of development
26. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
learned helplessness
semantic memory
between-class ability grouping
analogies
27. Events that precede behaviors
sensorimotor stage
communicating positive expectations
psychosocial crisis
antecedent stimuli
28. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
overlapping
means-ends analysis
trust vs. mistrust
outlining
29. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
continuous theories of development
uncorrelated variables
motivation
learning goals
30. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
experiment
between-class ability grouping
choral responses
moratorium
31. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
zone of proximal development
sign systems
group contingencies
bilingual education
32. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
cognitive behavior modification
mnemonics
metacognition
paired bilingual education
33. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
semantic memory
sex-role behavior
assimilation
generativity vs self-absorption
34. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
prosocial behaviors
private speech
consequences
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
35. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
massed practice
paired bilingual education
stimuli
single-case experiment
36. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
imagery
randomized field experiment
inert knowledge
discontinuous theories of development
37. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
proactive facilitation
social learning theory
meaningful learning
preoperational stage
38. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
home-based reinforcement strategies
concept
experimental group
transfer of learning
39. The study of learning and teaching.
levels-of-processing theory
teacher efficacy
positive correlation
educational psychology
40. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
adaptation
concrete operational stage
identity diffusion
41. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
random assignment
scaffolding
primary reinforcer
social learning theory
42. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
correlational study
egocentric
presentation punishment
recency effect
43. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
retroactive facilitation
social comparison
integrity vs. despiar
extinction
44. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).
associative play
assimilation
verbal learning
dual code theory of memory
45. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
distributed practice
self-concept
descriptive research
deficiency needs
46. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
meaningful learning
trust vs. mistrust
initial-letter strategies
integrity vs. despiar
47. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
principle
accommodation
growth needs
industry vs. inferiority
48. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
presentation punishment
massed practice
emergent literacy
formative evaluation
49. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
serial learning
sensorimotor stage
cognitive behavior modification
treatment
50. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
working memory capacity
identity diffusion
summarizing