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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.






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






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






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






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






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






7. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






8. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






9. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)






10. Mental visualization of images to improve memory






11. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation






12. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






13. 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.






14. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






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






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






17. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






18. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.






19. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






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






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






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






23. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






24. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.






25. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






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






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






28. 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.






29. Play that occurs alone.






30. 5 to 9 pieces of information






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






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






33. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






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






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






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






37. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






39. 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.






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






41. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






42. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






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






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






45. A small-group teaching method based on principles of question generation; through instruction and modeling - teachers foster metacognitive skills primarily to improve the reading performance of students who have poor comprehension






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






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






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






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






50. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)