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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
large muscle development
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
mock participation
between-class ability grouping
2. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
pegword method
positive correlation
random assignment
expectancy theory
3. 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
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
punishment
free-recall learning
effective use of independent practice time
4. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
summative evaluations
growth needs
locus of control
review prerequisites
5. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
unconditioned stimulus
procedural memory
episodic memory
emergent literacy
6. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
bilingual education
content evidence
serial learning
reflectivity
7. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
control group
Blooms Taxonomy
consequences
initial-letter strategies
8. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
intelligence
nformation-processing theory
criterion-references interpretations
social learning theory
9. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
trust vs. mistrust
psychosocial theory
uncorrelated variables
development
10. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
rule-example-rule
distributed practice
adaptation
object permanence
11. Continuation (of behavior)
rule-example-rule
maintenance
expectancy-valence model
effective teaching
12. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)
attribution theory
levels-of-processing theory
summarizing
cognitive behavior modification
13. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
large muscle development
imagery
experiment
effective teaching
14. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
content evidence
behavior-content matrix
assertive discipline
major stage theorists
15. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.
cognitive apprenticeship
Blooms Taxonomy
instrumental enrichment
formative evaluation
16. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
independent practice
note-taking
learning probes
antecedent stimuli
17. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.
law
self-esteem
experimental group
adaptation
18. 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.
positive correlation
heteronomous morality
associative play
derived scores
19. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
summarizing
principle
content evidence
discovery learning
20. 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.
untracking
emergent literacy
unconditioned stimulus
knowledge construction
21. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
reflectivity
formative evaluation
vicarious learning
compensatory preschool programs
22. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
intentionality
schema theory
scaffolding
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
23. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
sensory register
modeling
extinction
conditioned stimulus
24. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
sensorimotor stage
paired bilingual education
behavior-content matrix
theory
25. Play that occurs alone.
treatment
criterion-references interpretations
solitary play
control group
26. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
developmentally appropriate education
recency effect
intelligence
cues
27. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
reflexes
generalization
conventional level of morality
neutral stimuli
28. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
Joplin Plan
small muscle development
short-term/ working memory
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
29. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
law
attention
working memory capacity
30. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
critical thinking
learned helplessness
reflectivity
mental set
31. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
generativity vs self-absorption
schedule of reinforcement
Blooms Taxonomy
heteronomous morality
32. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
private speech
massed practice
seriation
random assignment
33. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
law
knowledge construction
conservation
effective use of independent practice time
34. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
principle
foreclosure
overlapping
formal operational stage
35. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
constructivist theories of learning
seriation
schemes
independent practice
36. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
cognitive behavior modification
dual code theory of memory
transfer of learning
sensorimotor stage
37. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
sensory register
cooperative scripting
control group
intelligence
38. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
egocentric
concrete operational stage
assimilation
withitness
39. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
within-class ability grouping
retroactive facilitation
readiness training
schemes
40. The study of learning and teaching.
effective teaching
self-esteem
educational psychology
scaffolding
41. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.
mental set
extinction
self-regulated learners
dual code theory of memory
42. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
metacognition
mediated learning
interference
self-concept
43. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
theory
recency effect
compensatory preschool programs
summative evaluations
44. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
nongraded programs
concrete operational stage
primary reinforcer
sign systems
45. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
neutral stimuli
primary reinforcer
withitness
foreclosure
46. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
positive correlation
cognitive learning theories
top-down processing
learning probes
47. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
parts of a direct instruction lesson
inferred reality
trust vs. mistrust
mnemonics
48. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
action research
treatment
effective use of independent practice time
attribution theory
49. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
analogies
psychosocial crisis
uncorrelated variables
self-concept
50. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
rule-example-rule
schemes
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
conservation