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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A person's interpretation of stimuli






2. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure






3. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






4. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






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






6. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






7. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






8. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.






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






10. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






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






12. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






13. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






14. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






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






16. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.






17. Procedures based on both behavioral and cognitive principles for changing one's own behavior by means of self-talk and self-instruction. (Meichenbaum)






18. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






19. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.






20. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities






21. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






22. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.






23. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






24. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.






25. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level






26. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation






27. Play that occurs alone.






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






29. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






30. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






31. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






32. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






33. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






34. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






35. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






36. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.






37. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






38. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.






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






40. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






41. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






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






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






44. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






45. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






46. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.






47. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






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






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






50. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)