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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
growth needs
instrumental enrichment
teacher efficacy
serial learning
2. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
identity diffusion
moral dilemmas
free-recall learning
dual code theory of memory
3. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
zone of proximal development
compensatory education
sign systems
self-regulation
4. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
two-way bilingual education
external locus of control
classical conditioning
schema theory
5. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
preoperational stage
modeling
equilibration
reinforcer
6. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
direct instruction
major stage theorists
paired-associate learning
descriptive research
7. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
moral dilemmas
summarizing
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
maintenance
8. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
identity diffusion
outlining
major stage theorists
effective use of independent practice time
9. The order in which students are called on by the teacher to answer questions during the course of a lesson.
foreclosure
PQ4R method
calling order
control group
10. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
multiple intelligences
scaffolding
internal validity
maintenance
11. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.
summative evaluations
means-ends analysis
dual code theory of memory
integrity vs. despiar
12. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
fixed-interval schedule
inert knowledge
teacher efficacy
attention
13. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.
cues
shaping
mediated learning
developmentally appropriate education
14. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
locus of control
uncorrelated variables
removal punishment
egocentric
15. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
internal validity
psychosocial theory
modeling
16. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
massed practice
social comparison
zone of proximal development
levels-of-processing theory
17. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
concept
extinction
zone of proximal development
compensatory preschool programs
18. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.
automaticity
sex-role behavior
discovery learning
cooperative scripting
19. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
shaping
means-ends analysis
external validity
retroactive inhibition
20. 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)
concrete operational stage
dual code theory of memory
rehearsal
independent practice
21. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
integrity vs. despiar
expectancy theory
egocentric
22. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
individualized instruction
shaping
massed practice
conservation
23. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.
theory
pegword method
equilibration
verbal learning
24. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
primary reinforcer
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
within-class ability grouping
25. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
intentionality
two-way bilingual education
uncorrelated variables
26. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
intelligence quotient (IQ)
locus of control
integrity vs. despiar
educational psychology
27. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
two-way bilingual education
early intervention program
conditioned stimulus
derived scores
28. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
summarizing
analogies
classical conditioning
random assignment
29. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
positive correlation
cooperative learning
foreclosure
laboratory experiment
30. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
cognitive behavior modification
reinforcer
single-case experiment
metacognitive skills
31. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
unconditioned stimulus
lesson clarity
correlational study
proactive inhibition
32. A person's interpretation of stimuli
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
reflectivity
intimacy vs. isolation
perception
33. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
elaboration
autonomous morality
norm-referenced interpretations
means-ends analysis
34. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
semantic memory
criterion-related evidence
reinforcer
paired-associate learning
35. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
discrimination
classical conditioning
primacy effect
treatment
36. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
individualized instruction
criterion-related evidence
variable
37. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
dual code theory of memory
mediated learning
distributed practice
38. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
recency effect
procedural memory
cooperative scripting
sensorimotor stage
39. The meaning of stimuli in the context of relevant information.
parts of a direct instruction lesson
adaptation
inferred reality
generativity vs self-absorption
40. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.
zone of proximal development
equilibration
compensatory education
individualized instruction
41. 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.
distributed practice
effective use of independent practice time
laboratory experiment
experiment
42. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
two-way bilingual education
criterion-references interpretations
self-esteem
43. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
external locus of control
cognitive learning theories
laboratory experiment
accommodation
44. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
multiple intelligences
interference
extinction burst
autonomous morality
45. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
social learning theory
process-product studies
english immersion
schedule of reinforcement
46. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.
attribution theory
keyword method
external locus of control
social learning theory
47. Group that receives no special treatment during an experiment.
control group
generalization
long-term memory
neutral stimuli
48. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
self-questioning strategies
long-term memory
parallel play
primary reinforcer
49. Theories that state that learners must individually discover and transform complex information - checking new information against old rules and revising rules when they no longer work. (student-centered instruction)
constructivist theories of learning
teacher efficacy
english immersion
continuous theories of development
50. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
cognitive development
extinction
top-down processing
retroactive facilitation
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