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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
modeling
extinction
negative correlation
shaping
2. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
learned helplessness
law
flashbulb memory
long-term memory
3. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
rote learning
continuous theories of development
laboratory experiment
psychosocial crisis
4. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
lesson clarity
inert knowledge
moratorium
teacher efficacy
5. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
transitional bilingual education
egocentric
control group
interference
6. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
trust vs. mistrust
independent practice
formal operational stage
affective objectives
7. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
maintenance
learning probes
solitary play
object permanence
8. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
law
learning
autonomous morality
preoperational stage
9. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
external validity
continuous theories of development
multiple intelligences
cognitive behavior modification
10. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
early intervention program
parallel play
imagery
sensory register
11. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
process-product studies
sensorimotor stage
critical thinking
integrity vs. despiar
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.
procedural memory
autonomous morality
english immersion
content evidence
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.
schema theory
schemata
class inclusion
independent practice
14. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
review prerequisites
large muscle development
extinction burst
extinction
15. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
self-esteem
self-regulation
criterion-references interpretations
generativity vs self-absorption
16. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
short-term/ working memory
achievement motivation
unconditioned stimulus
17. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
large muscle development
between-class ability grouping
pegword method
negative correlation
18. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
performance goals
communicating positive expectations
calling order
learned helplessness
19. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
means-ends analysis
generativity vs self-absorption
industry vs. inferiority
cooperative learning
20. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable number of behaviors.
self-questioning strategies
discovery learning
heteronomous morality
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
21. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
affective objectives
loci method
between-class ability grouping
expectancy-valence model
22. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
unconditioned stimulus
adaptation
identity achievement
elaboration
23. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
intimacy vs. isolation
effective use of independent practice time
emergent literacy
untracking
24. The application of knowledge acquired in one situation to new situations.
proactive inhibition
inferred reality
transfer of learning
massed practice
25. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
note-taking
initial-letter strategies
variable-interval schedule.
overlapping
26. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
continuous theories of development
self-regulation
neutral stimuli
random assignment
27. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
secondary reinforcer
working memory capacity
initiative vs. guilt
readiness training
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.
integrity vs. despiar
unconditioned stimulus
classical conditioning
scaffolding
29. Play that occurs alone.
rehearsal
keyword method
schedule of reinforcement
solitary play
30. 5 to 9 pieces of information
working memory capacity
foreclosure
inferred reality
generalization
31. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)
expectancy theory
major stage theorists
large muscle development
formal operational stage
32. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
achievement motivation
consequences
reinforcer
33. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
neutral stimuli
self-esteem
rote learning
intelligence quotient (IQ)
34. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
choral responses
concrete operational stage
rehearsal
paired-associate learning
35. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
self-regulation
home-based reinforcement strategies
consequences
primacy effect
36. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
mental set
massed practice
locus of control
private speech
37. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed
conventional level of morality
self-questioning strategies
formative evaluation
preoperational stage
38. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
loci method
instrumental enrichment
inert knowledge
trust vs. mistrust
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.
expectancy theory
growth needs
expectancy-valence model
associative play
40. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
top-down processing
preconventional level of morality
interference
aptitude-treatment interaction
41. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
foreclosure
equity pedagogy
early intervention program
preoperational stage
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.
generalization
laboratory experiment
massed practice
dual code theory of memory
43. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
discrimination
scaffolding
concrete operational stage
primacy effect
44. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
positive correlation
compensatory education
wait time
recency effect
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
reciprocal teaching
compensatory preschool programs
PQ4R method
moratorium
46. Process of repeatedly associating a previously neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus in order to evoke a conditioned response. (Pavlov)
removal punishment
classical conditioning
retroactive facilitation
theory
47. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
serial learning
initiative vs. guilt
sex-role behavior
communicating positive expectations
48. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
random assignment
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
concrete operational stage
sign systems
49. A change in an individual that results from experience.
learning
review prerequisites
behavior-content matrix
generativity vs self-absorption
50. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)
recency effect
choral responses
reinforcer
modeling