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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.






2. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






3. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language






4. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






5. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






6. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






7. 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






8. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.






9. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






10. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






11. A person's interpretation of stimuli






12. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves






13. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.






14. Play in which children engage in the same activity side by side but with very little interaction or mutual influence.






15. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






16. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






17. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






18. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






19. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






20. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.






21. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






22. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.






23. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things






24. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.






25. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






26. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






27. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






28. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)






29. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si






30. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






31. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






32. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






33. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






34. Learning of words (or facts expressed in words).






35. Perception of and response to different stimuli






36. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






37. 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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38. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






39. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






40. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






41. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






42. The increase in levels of a behavior in the early stages of extinction.






43. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






44. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.






45. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






46. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






47. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






48. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






49. Process by which a learner gradually acquires expertise through interaction with an expert - with an adult or an older or more advanced peer.






50. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.







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