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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






2. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






3. Continuation (of behavior)






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






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






6. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






8. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






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






10. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






11. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






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






13. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






22. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






23. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






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






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






26. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






27. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






28. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






29. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






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






32. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.






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






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






35. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






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






37. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.






38. A skill learned during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can think simultaneously about a whole class of objects and about relationships among its subordinate classes.






39. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






40. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






41. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






42. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






43. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.






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






46. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.






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






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






49. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.






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