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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
large muscle development
transfer of learning
learning goals
concept
2. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
punishment
intimacy vs. isolation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
metacognitive skills
3. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
flashbulb memory
continuous theories of development
reinforcer
associative play
4. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
expectancy theory
industry vs. inferiority
learning probes
norm-referenced interpretations
5. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
flashbulb memory
reflexes
behavioral learning theories
neutral stimuli
6. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
enactment
antecedent stimuli
self-regulation
cooperative scripting
7. 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
sensorimotor stage
internal validity
class inclusion
8. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
massed practice
derived scores
assimilation
meaningful learning
9. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
reflectivity
sign systems
short-term/ working memory
QAIT model
10. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
calling order
principle
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
criterion-related evidence
11. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
transitional bilingual education
nongraded programs
private speech
shaping
12. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
between-class ability grouping
mental set
conventional level of morality
13. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
independent practice
inert knowledge
presentation punishment
achievement motivation
14. 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.
emergent literacy
learning
parallel play
constructivism
15. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
criterion-related evidence
teacher efficacy
procedural memory
expectancy theory
16. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
sensorimotor stage
communicating positive expectations
means-ends analysis
removal punishment
17. 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.
semantic memory
integrity vs. despiar
two-way bilingual education
small muscle development
18. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
object permanence
private speech
intelligence quotient (IQ)
psychosocial crisis
19. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
nformation-processing theory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
rehearsal
sex-role behavior
20. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective
classical conditioning
summative evaluations
calling order
action research
21. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
constructivism
transitivity
emergent literacy
sign systems
22. 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)
variable
private speech
constructivist theories of learning
knowledge construction
23. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
loci method
fixed-interval schedule
intelligence quotient (IQ)
analogies
24. 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
schema theory
foreclosure
mental set
25. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
identity achievement
generativity vs self-absorption
rule-example-rule
direct instruction
26. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
distributed practice
criterion-related evidence
psychosocial crisis
automaticity
27. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
social learning theory
mnemonics
intelligence
verbal learning
28. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
zone of proximal development
Premack Principle
paired bilingual education
randomized field experiment
29. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
concept
development
Joplin Plan
30. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
social learning theory
cues
law
locus of control
31. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
psychosocial crisis
cognitive behavior modification
development
cognitive apprenticeship
32. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
accommodation
learning goals
long-term memory
schema theory
33. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
maintenance
performance goals
large muscle development
affective objectives
34. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
formative evaluation
transitional bilingual education
individualized instruction
choral responses
35. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.
rule-example-rule
motivation
self-regulation
autonomous morality
36. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
preoperational stage
external validity
enactment
schemata
37. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
loci method
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
choral responses
38. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
equilibration
concrete operational stage
descriptive research
verbal learning
39. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
principle
untracking
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
40. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.
content evidence
overlapping
between-class ability grouping
cooperative learning
41. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
meaningful learning
mnemonics
regrouping
affective objectives
42. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
primary reinforcer
individualized instruction
calling order
derived scores
43. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
classical conditioning
uncorrelated variables
cues
between-class ability grouping
44. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
prosocial behaviors
content evidence
content integration
instrumental enrichment
45. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
motivation
lesson clarity
extinction
developmentally appropriate education
46. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
worked examples
learned helplessness
preoperational stage
shaping
47. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
knowledge construction
note-taking
operant conditioning
metacognition
48. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
associative play
achievement motivation
bottom-up processing
criterion-related evidence
49. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
learning probes
intelligence quotient (IQ)
proactive facilitation
group contingencies
50. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
initiative vs. guilt
concrete operational stage
single-case experiment
assimilation