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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
choral responses
rehearsal
psychosocial crisis
behavior-content matrix
2. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor
regrouping
cues
sensorimotor stage
effective use of independent practice time
3. A change in an individual that results from experience.
procedural memory
learning
criterion-references interpretations
proactive facilitation
4. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
untracking
transitional bilingual education
verbal learning
single-case experiment
5. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
pegword method
mock participation
experimental group
postconventional level of morality
6. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
between-class ability grouping
schemata
formative evaluation
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
7. 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
top-down processing
equilibration
foreclosure
8. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
proactive facilitation
mock participation
knowledge construction
dual code theory of memory
9. 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.
effective teaching
fixed-interval schedule
early intervention program
associative play
10. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow
Blooms Taxonomy
formal operational stage
deficiency needs
external locus of control
11. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
withitness
rote learning
between-class ability grouping
formal operational stage
12. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.
secondary reinforcer
industry vs. inferiority
applied behavior analysis
laboratory experiment
13. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
self-regulation
review prerequisites
classical conditioning
recency effect
14. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
initiative vs. guilt
Joplin Plan
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
assertive discipline
15. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
intelligence quotient (IQ)
intimacy vs. isolation
preoperational stage
generativity vs self-absorption
16. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
self-regulation
mental set
identity diffusion
rote learning
17. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
negative correlation
laboratory experiment
behavior-content matrix
formal operational stage
18. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formal operational stage
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
transfer of learning
applied behavior analysis
19. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
expectancy-valence model
note-taking
Blooms Taxonomy
schedule of reinforcement
20. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
knowledge construction
vicarious learning
expectancy theory
Skinner box
21. 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
conservation
solitary play
english immersion
regrouping
22. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
private speech
cues
development
fixed-interval schedule
23. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
withitness
note-taking
discrimination
primacy effect
24. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
levels-of-processing theory
positive correlation
treatment
secondary reinforcer
25. 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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26. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
primary reinforcer
transitivity
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
identity vs. role confusion
27. 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)
action research
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
initiative vs. guilt
metacognitive skills
28. Continuation (of behavior)
negative correlation
maintenance
content integration
growth needs
29. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
reversibility
interference
Joplin Plan
applied behavior analysis
30. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
consequences
punishment
between-class ability grouping
mnemonics
31. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.
mnemonics
flashbulb memory
derived scores
heteronomous morality
32. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
seatwork
assertive discipline
intimacy vs. isolation
shaping
33. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
loci method
foreclosure
means-ends analysis
cognitive behavior modification
34. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.
extinction burst
descriptive research
postconventional level of morality
formal operational stage
35. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
fixed-interval schedule
scaffolding
content integration
36. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
correlational study
review prerequisites
recency effect
discovery learning
37. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
summarizing
Joplin Plan
multiple intelligences
38. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
fixed-interval schedule
achievement motivation
working memory capacity
calling order
39. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
schedule of reinforcement
long-term memory
reciprocal teaching
neutral stimuli
40. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
preoperational stage
experiment
reversibility
lesson clarity
41. 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.
analogies
solitary play
means-ends analysis
independent practice
42. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
centration
behavioral learning theories
autonomy vs. doubt
learned helplessness
43. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
experimental group
intimacy vs. isolation
descriptive research
concept
44. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
transitional bilingual education
metacognitive skills
identity achievement
uncorrelated variables
45. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
educational psychology
intelligence
prosocial behaviors
content integration
46. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
development
calling order
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
analogies
47. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
scaffolding
preconventional level of morality
enactment
two-way bilingual education
48. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
keyword method
compensatory preschool programs
treatment
summarizing
49. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.
critical thinking
learning probes
shaping
self-actualization
50. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
semantic memory
effective use of independent practice time
experimental group
regrouping