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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






2. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.






3. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.






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






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






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






7. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.






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






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






10. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






11. A change in an individual that results from experience.






12. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation






13. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






14. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.






15. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.






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






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






18. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






19. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.






20. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






21. 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






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






23. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






24. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






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






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






27. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels






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






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






30. Technique in which fact or skills to be learned are repeated often over a concentrated period of time.






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






32. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






34. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






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






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






37. 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)






38. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)






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






40. 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.






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






42. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.






43. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






44. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations






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






46. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.






47. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






48. Group that receives the treatment during an experiment.






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






50. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information