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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
modeling
positive correlation
worked examples
schema theory
2. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
compensatory preschool programs
prejudice reduction
heteronomous morality
verbal learning
3. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
choral responses
independent practice
extinction burst
variable-interval schedule.
4. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
calling order
serial learning
nongraded programs
review prerequisites
5. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
deficiency needs
analogies
metacognition
self-esteem
6. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
behavioral learning theories
experimental group
nongraded programs
7. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
proactive inhibition
readiness training
retroactive inhibition
8. 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)
sign systems
initiative vs. guilt
verbal learning
schemata
9. Research + common sense
aptitude-treatment interaction
effective teaching
metacognition
elaboration
10. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
external locus of control
conservation
generalization
direct instruction
11. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
adaptation
pedagogy
knowledge construction
learning goals
12. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary
early intervention program
self-regulation
intelligence
rote learning
13. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
QAIT model
prejudice reduction
perception
nongraded programs
14. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
sensory register
punishment
external locus of control
analogies
15. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
cognitive learning theories
scaffolding
retroactive inhibition
external locus of control
16. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
enactment
note-taking
self-regulation
accommodation
17. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
social learning theory
achievement motivation
egocentric
working memory capacity
18. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
transitional bilingual education
nformation-processing theory
learning
19. 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
expectancy theory
learning
observational learning
individualized instruction
20. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
sex-role behavior
Skinner box
mnemonics
self-regulated learners
21. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
bottom-up processing
sensory register
concept
cooperative learning
22. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
mock participation
two-way bilingual education
worked examples
23. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
integrity vs. despiar
self-esteem
serial learning
intentionality
24. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
distributed practice
withitness
self-actualization
equilibration
25. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
reflectivity
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
perception
home-based reinforcement strategies
26. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
initiative vs. guilt
formative evaluation
integrity vs. despiar
expectancy-valence model
27. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
prosocial behaviors
neutral stimuli
performance goals
28. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
single-case experiment
inert knowledge
untracking
behavior-content matrix
29. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
prejudice reduction
experiment
group contingencies
enactment
30. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
variable
self-regulated learners
regrouping
cognitive development
31. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
solitary play
self-regulation
heteronomous morality
external validity
32. 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
untracking
extinction
cognitive apprenticeship
free-recall learning
33. 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.
english immersion
punishment
shaping
emergent literacy
34. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
presentation punishment
development
reciprocal teaching
extinction burst
35. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
autonomous morality
correlational study
psychosocial theory
recency effect
36. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.
pegword method
aptitude-treatment interaction
learning probes
bottom-up processing
37. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
sensory register
serial learning
intelligence quotient (IQ)
removal punishment
38. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
communicating positive expectations
locus of control
law
39. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
preconventional level of morality
industry vs. inferiority
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
analogies
40. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
intentionality
constructivist theories of learning
unconditioned stimulus
lesson clarity
41. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
consequences
retroactive inhibition
unconditioned stimulus
42. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
multiple intelligences
mock participation
performance goals
operant conditioning
43. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
retroactive facilitation
top-down processing
extinction burst
retroactive inhibition
44. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
multiple intelligences
reflexes
wait time
intelligence quotient (IQ)
45. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
compensatory education
within-class ability grouping
rehearsal
shaping
46. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
zone of proximal development
pedagogy
solitary play
identity vs. role confusion
47. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
transitivity
initiative vs. guilt
Joplin Plan
48. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
semantic memory
private speech
accommodation
nongraded programs
49. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
autonomous morality
communicating positive expectations
formal operational stage
home-based reinforcement strategies
50. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
internal validity
cognitive behavior modification
identity diffusion
distributed practice