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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
mental set
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
psychosocial crisis
pegword method
2. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
trust vs. mistrust
short-term/ working memory
norm-referenced interpretations
centration
3. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
extinction burst
mapping
pegword method
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
4. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
single-case experiment
serial learning
expectancy theory
self-concept
5. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
keyword method
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
large muscle development
object permanence
6. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
aptitude-treatment interaction
Joplin Plan
expectancy-valence model
metacognition
7. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
small muscle development
summarizing
treatment
two-way bilingual education
8. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
punishment
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
readiness training
discontinuous theories of development
9. Research + common sense
effective teaching
class inclusion
teacher efficacy
autonomy vs. doubt
10. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
identity diffusion
behavioral learning theories
elaboration
intelligence quotient (IQ)
11. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
randomized field experiment
egocentric
constructivism
levels-of-processing theory
12. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
trust vs. mistrust
initial-letter strategies
variable
cooperative play
13. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.
summarizing
conditioned stimulus
aptitude-treatment interaction
group contingencies
14. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
expectancy-valence model
within-class ability grouping
cooperative scripting
autonomy vs. doubt
15. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
moral dilemmas
compensatory education
autonomy vs. doubt
prejudice reduction
16. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
Joplin Plan
affective objectives
group contingencies
instrumental enrichment
17. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
assertive discipline
seatwork
primary reinforcer
concrete operational stage
18. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
autonomy vs. doubt
self-esteem
massed practice
19. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
content integration
rehearsal
cooperative play
sensory register
20. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
mental set
bilingual education
conventional level of morality
seatwork
21. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.
wait time
formative evaluation
bottom-up processing
self-concept
22. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
cognitive development
PQ4R method
schema theory
equity pedagogy
23. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
uncorrelated variables
levels-of-processing theory
concept
constructivism
24. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
foreclosure
Joplin Plan
psychosocial crisis
transfer of learning
25. 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)
home-based reinforcement strategies
concrete operational stage
initiative vs. guilt
conservation
26. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
constructivist theories of learning
psychosocial crisis
paired-associate learning
experiment
27. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
choral responses
constructivist theories of learning
content evidence
identity diffusion
28. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.
prosocial behaviors
self-actualization
massed practice
removal punishment
29. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
attribution theory
self-concept
rule-example-rule
shaping
30. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
private speech
accommodation
reversibility
summative evaluations
31. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
accommodation
single-case experiment
review prerequisites
identity achievement
32. 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.
continuous theories of development
integrity vs. despiar
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
top-down processing
33. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
continuous theories of development
transitional bilingual education
direct instruction
enactment
34. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
identity diffusion
assertive discipline
rule-example-rule
nongraded programs
35. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
two-way bilingual education
lesson clarity
attention
learned helplessness
36. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
reflectivity
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
egocentric
accommodation
37. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
theory
Skinner box
psychosocial crisis
individualized instruction
38. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
sex-role behavior
theory
behavior-content matrix
seriation
39. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
discovery learning
summarizing
proactive facilitation
motivation
40. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.
transitivity
class inclusion
self-questioning strategies
lesson clarity
41. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
nongraded programs
cues
extinction
group contingencies
42. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
extinction burst
bilingual education
calling order
equity pedagogy
43. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
psychosocial crisis
semantic memory
variable-interval schedule.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
44. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
initial-letter strategies
randomized field experiment
laboratory experiment
preconventional level of morality
45. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
cognitive behavior modification
reflectivity
equilibration
advance organizers
46. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
unconditioned stimulus
self-esteem
trust vs. mistrust
parts of a direct instruction lesson
47. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
sign systems
early intervention program
uncorrelated variables
experiment
48. 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
rote learning
principle
regrouping
variable-interval schedule.
49. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
expectancy theory
proactive facilitation
episodic memory
schedule of reinforcement
50. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
stimuli
metacognitive skills
cognitive learning theories
proactive inhibition
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