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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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)
continuous theories of development
primacy effect
stimuli
initiative vs. guilt
2. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
sign systems
achievement motivation
seriation
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
3. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
primacy effect
review prerequisites
mediated learning
cooperative scripting
4. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
paired bilingual education
observational learning
primary reinforcer
variable
5. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
conditioned stimulus
external locus of control
random assignment
positive correlation
6. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
moral dilemmas
behavioral learning theories
transfer of learning
applied behavior analysis
7. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
overlapping
egocentric
levels-of-processing theory
serial learning
8. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
class inclusion
cognitive apprenticeship
accommodation
removal punishment
9. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
communicating positive expectations
variable
external locus of control
behavioral learning theories
10. 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
regrouping
two-way bilingual education
pegword method
PQ4R method
11. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
verbal learning
independent practice
social comparison
autonomous morality
12. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.
moral dilemmas
working memory capacity
means-ends analysis
egocentric
13. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
formal operational stage
mental set
experimental group
assimilation
14. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
direct instruction
shaping
social learning theory
discontinuous theories of development
15. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
schema theory
effective teaching
formal operational stage
16. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
mental set
process-product studies
instrumental enrichment
nformation-processing theory
17. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
external locus of control
cognitive learning theories
neutral stimuli
operant conditioning
18. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
individualized instruction
intelligence quotient (IQ)
vicarious learning
discovery learning
19. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
serial learning
verbal learning
modeling
self-actualization
20. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
knowledge construction
shaping
interference
schemata
21. A person's interpretation of stimuli
autonomous morality
perception
treatment
self-concept
22. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
inferred reality
parts of a direct instruction lesson
levels-of-processing theory
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
23. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
operant conditioning
calling order
verbal learning
norm-referenced interpretations
24. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
egocentric
distributed practice
proactive facilitation
conventional level of morality
25. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
adaptation
external validity
retroactive inhibition
initial-letter strategies
26. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
Premack Principle
meaningful learning
schema theory
discovery learning
27. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
attention
cooperative learning
two-way bilingual education
behavioral learning theories
28. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
learning goals
automaticity
rehearsal
heteronomous morality
29. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
enactment
primary reinforcer
metacognitive skills
worked examples
30. Environmental conditions that activate the senses
mnemonics
vicarious learning
dual code theory of memory
stimuli
31. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
egocentric
two-way bilingual education
self-actualization
continuous theories of development
32. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
metacognition
industry vs. inferiority
pedagogy
episodic memory
33. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
effective use of independent practice time
accommodation
rule-example-rule
loci method
34. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.
growth needs
Skinner box
learned helplessness
mediated learning
35. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
class inclusion
between-class ability grouping
zone of proximal development
36. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.
locus of control
correlational study
expectancy-valence model
lesson clarity
37. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
psychosocial crisis
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
autonomous morality
flashbulb memory
38. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
principle
Blooms Taxonomy
growth needs
action research
39. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
self-regulated learners
generativity vs self-absorption
educational psychology
self-questioning strategies
40. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
paired-associate learning
readiness training
knowledge construction
paired bilingual education
41. 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
observational learning
conservation
procedural memory
regrouping
42. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.
self-questioning strategies
parallel play
retroactive inhibition
removal punishment
43. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
proactive inhibition
development
discontinuous theories of development
autonomous morality
44. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need
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45. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
deficiency needs
metacognitive skills
self-regulation
cognitive learning theories
46. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
loci method
principle
discovery learning
reflectivity
47. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.
teacher efficacy
process-product studies
autonomous morality
mediated learning
48. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
norm-referenced interpretations
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
rule-example-rule
equilibration
49. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
sensorimotor stage
recency effect
psychosocial theory
distributed practice
50. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
internal validity
parts of a direct instruction lesson
Skinner box
cognitive development