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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
large muscle development
reinforcer
reflectivity
descriptive research
2. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
maintenance
adaptation
procedural memory
distributed practice
3. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
self-questioning strategies
psychosocial crisis
development
regrouping
4. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
Blooms Taxonomy
intelligence
primacy effect
seriation
5. The study of learning and teaching.
schemata
educational psychology
bilingual education
transitional bilingual education
6. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
elaboration
concept
imagery
sensorimotor stage
7. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
psychosocial crisis
intelligence
proactive inhibition
principle
8. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
cues
inferred reality
psychosocial crisis
knowledge construction
9. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
formal operational stage
flashbulb memory
schemata
learning
10. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
cognitive learning theories
distributed practice
intelligence quotient (IQ)
preoperational stage
11. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
levels-of-processing theory
moratorium
positive correlation
QAIT model
12. Present new material - conduct learning probes - provide independent practice - assess performance and provide feedback - provide distributed practice and review
self-regulation
review prerequisites
group contingencies
prejudice reduction
13. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
large muscle development
correlational study
equilibration
single-case experiment
14. Situation in which students appear to be on-task but are not engaged in learning.
adaptation
levels-of-processing theory
mnemonics
mock participation
15. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
withitness
attention
initiative vs. guilt
dual code theory of memory
16. 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)
reversibility
major stage theorists
intelligence
initiative vs. guilt
17. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
worked examples
retroactive inhibition
action research
inert knowledge
18. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
free-recall learning
assertive discipline
outlining
pedagogy
19. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
withitness
identity diffusion
nformation-processing theory
continuous theories of development
20. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
cooperative scripting
discovery learning
trust vs. mistrust
worked examples
21. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
elaboration
procedural memory
law
rote learning
22. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
between-class ability grouping
preoperational stage
secondary reinforcer
23. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
extinction
semantic memory
external validity
conventional level of morality
24. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
social comparison
meaningful learning
achievement motivation
learning goals
25. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
choral responses
advance organizers
semantic memory
sensorimotor stage
26. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
episodic memory
intelligence
learning probes
interference
27. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English
psychosocial theory
mediated learning
equity pedagogy
paired bilingual education
28. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.
top-down processing
proactive facilitation
means-ends analysis
emergent literacy
29. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
prosocial behaviors
Joplin Plan
sex-role behavior
large muscle development
30. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.
autonomy vs. doubt
mnemonics
sensory register
critical thinking
31. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
moratorium
presentation punishment
distributed practice
32. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
meaningful learning
randomized field experiment
internal validity
external locus of control
33. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
secondary reinforcer
within-class ability grouping
mapping
educational psychology
34. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
enactment
conservation
compensatory preschool programs
Blooms Taxonomy
35. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
two-way bilingual education
single-case experiment
independent practice
knowledge construction
36. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
outlining
norm-referenced interpretations
cues
mapping
37. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
automaticity
transitional bilingual education
Premack Principle
experimental group
38. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
outlining
vicarious learning
major stage theorists
39. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
developmentally appropriate education
emergent literacy
retroactive facilitation
self-concept
40. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
self-regulation
intelligence
schedule of reinforcement
transfer of learning
41. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
derived scores
achievement motivation
long-term memory
knowledge construction
42. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
review prerequisites
withitness
sex-role behavior
affective objectives
43. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
autonomy vs. doubt
assimilation
removal punishment
cooperative scripting
44. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
removal punishment
metacognition
intimacy vs. isolation
concrete operational stage
45. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
heteronomous morality
advance organizers
scaffolding
46. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
learning
distributed practice
transfer of learning
stimuli
47. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
nongraded programs
postconventional level of morality
multiple intelligences
industry vs. inferiority
48. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
within-class ability grouping
intimacy vs. isolation
accommodation
operant conditioning
49. 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.
means-ends analysis
antecedent stimuli
short-term/ working memory
object permanence
50. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
unconditioned stimulus
Skinner box
reversibility
postconventional level of morality