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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group






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






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






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






5. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






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






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






8. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)






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






10. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






11. The study of learning and teaching.






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






13. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.






14. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






24. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






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






26. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






27. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






28. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






29. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






30. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






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






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






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






34. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






35. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






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






37. Children are taught reading or other subjects in both their native language and English






38. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






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






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






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






47. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)






48. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






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






50. Perception of and response to different stimuli







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