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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
flashbulb memory
communicating positive expectations
parts of a direct instruction lesson
note-taking
2. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
vicarious learning
Blooms Taxonomy
self-regulation
3. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
integrity vs. despiar
large muscle development
equity pedagogy
4. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times
correlational study
withitness
centration
individualized instruction
5. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.
sex-role behavior
Skinner box
removal punishment
derived scores
6. Stage at which children develop the capacity for logical reasoning and understanding of conservation but can use these skills only in dealing with familiar situations. (Piaget: ages 7 to 11)
summarizing
concrete operational stage
overlapping
pedagogy
7. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
industry vs. inferiority
internal validity
stimuli
trust vs. mistrust
8. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
content evidence
automaticity
pegword method
loci method
9. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
concept
automaticity
overlapping
effective teaching
10. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
development
group contingencies
object permanence
massed practice
11. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
note-taking
pedagogy
moratorium
choral responses
12. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
short-term/ working memory
criterion-references interpretations
random assignment
unconditioned stimulus
13. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
generalization
private speech
compensatory preschool programs
calling order
14. Helping students understand how the knowledge we take in is influence by our origins and points of view.
emergent literacy
effective use of independent practice time
wait time
knowledge construction
15. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
schemata
autonomous morality
Joplin Plan
initial-letter strategies
16. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
self-concept
serial learning
preoperational stage
17. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
nongraded programs
cognitive behavior modification
learned helplessness
18. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
intentionality
intelligence quotient (IQ)
compensatory preschool programs
sign systems
19. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
variable-interval schedule.
social learning theory
neutral stimuli
parallel play
20. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
positive correlation
scaffolding
mental set
extinction
21. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
loci method
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
analogies
independent practice
22. Identifies two main types of needs: deficiency needs and growth needs. People are motivated to satisfy needs at the bottom of the hierarchy before seeking to satisfy those at the top. (deficiency needs bottom to top: physiological needs - safety need
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23. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
discontinuous theories of development
law
transfer of learning
loci method
24. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them
untracking
parts of a direct instruction lesson
self-regulated learners
correlational study
25. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
achievement motivation
levels-of-processing theory
multiple intelligences
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
26. 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.
automaticity
autonomy vs. doubt
associative play
single-case experiment
27. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
episodic memory
learning probes
parts of a direct instruction lesson
aptitude-treatment interaction
28. Continuation (of behavior)
content evidence
maintenance
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
rehearsal
29. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
preconventional level of morality
cooperative scripting
prosocial behaviors
small muscle development
30. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
formal operational stage
content integration
cognitive behavior modification
cooperative play
31. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
secondary reinforcer
self-actualization
sensory register
32. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
initiative vs. guilt
parts of a direct instruction lesson
analogies
metacognitive skills
33. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
reflexes
identity diffusion
experiment
control group
34. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
growth needs
concept
schedule of reinforcement
initiative vs. guilt
35. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
nongraded programs
cues
continuous theories of development
36. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
QAIT model
unconditioned stimulus
private speech
bilingual education
37. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
episodic memory
individualized instruction
learning goals
experiment
38. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
Joplin Plan
egocentric
generativity vs self-absorption
control group
39. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
experimental group
modeling
foreclosure
summarizing
40. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
expectancy-valence model
two-way bilingual education
nformation-processing theory
laboratory experiment
41. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
punishment
removal punishment
generativity vs self-absorption
proactive inhibition
42. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
lesson clarity
regrouping
assimilation
43. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
independent practice
assimilation
social comparison
mock participation
44. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
centration
major stage theorists
reversibility
continuous theories of development
45. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
mnemonics
psychosocial crisis
formal operational stage
perception
46. Length of time that a teacher waits for a student to answer a question
wait time
experimental group
loci method
behavior-content matrix
47. Theory stating that information is stored in long-term memory in schemata (networks of connected facts and concepts) - which provide a structure for making sense of new information.
discovery learning
secondary reinforcer
enactment
schema theory
48. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
learning probes
primacy effect
norm-referenced interpretations
vicarious learning
49. A system of accommodating student differences by diving a class of students into two or more ability groups for instruction in certain subject areas.
cognitive behavior modification
learning goals
experimental group
within-class ability grouping
50. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
communicating positive expectations
enactment
cognitive development
distributed practice