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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






2. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.






3. 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.






4. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






5. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






6. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.






7. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities






8. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.






9. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)






10. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).






11. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






12. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English






13. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






14. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






15. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co






16. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)






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






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






19. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.






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






21. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






27. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction






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






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






30. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






31. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






32. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






33. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others






34. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






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






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






37. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)






38. Research into the relationships between variables as they naturally occur.






39. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






40. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






41. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention






42. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.






43. Learning of a list of items in any order.






44. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.






45. 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.






46. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.






47. 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






48. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






49. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






50. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)