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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
self-questioning strategies
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
dual code theory of memory
trust vs. mistrust
2. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
stimuli
worked examples
reinforcer
law
3. Dual language models teach all students in both English and another language.
initial-letter strategies
self-questioning strategies
two-way bilingual education
egocentric
4. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
continuous theories of development
constructivist theories of learning
two-way bilingual education
schedule of reinforcement
5. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
content integration
psychosocial crisis
QAIT model
solitary play
6. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
proactive facilitation
mock participation
discontinuous theories of development
independent practice
7. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
perception
negative correlation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
self-questioning strategies
8. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
independent practice
removal punishment
cognitive learning theories
loci method
9. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
overlapping
autonomy vs. doubt
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
moral dilemmas
10. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
assertive discipline
paired bilingual education
intelligence quotient (IQ)
cognitive learning theories
11. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
metacognition
elaboration
top-down processing
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
12. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
rehearsal
Blooms Taxonomy
equity pedagogy
13. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
PQ4R method
cooperative learning
principle
teacher efficacy
14. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
modeling
preoperational stage
presentation punishment
compensatory education
15. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward
withitness
preconventional level of morality
expectancy theory
heteronomous morality
16. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.
meaningful learning
self-actualization
pegword method
fixed-interval schedule
17. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor
concrete operational stage
effective use of independent practice time
recency effect
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
18. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
worked examples
cooperative play
readiness training
secondary reinforcer
19. The value of each of us places on our own characteristics - abilities - and behaviors.
small muscle development
single-case experiment
neutral stimuli
self-esteem
20. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
preconventional level of morality
Joplin Plan
initial-letter strategies
criterion-references interpretations
21. Research + common sense
effective teaching
verbal learning
interference
learning
22. Children are taught reading or other subjects in their native language for a few years and then transitioned to English
prejudice reduction
consequences
secondary reinforcer
transitional bilingual education
23. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
descriptive research
growth needs
levels-of-processing theory
Premack Principle
24. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
positive correlation
randomized field experiment
PQ4R method
psychosocial theory
25. Support for learning and problem solving; might include clues - reminders - encouragement - breaking the problem down into steps - providing an example - or anything else that allows the student to grow in independence as a learner.
intentionality
fixed-interval schedule
rote learning
scaffolding
26. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
schedule of reinforcement
sign systems
presentation punishment
enactment
27. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
psychosocial crisis
preconventional level of morality
identity achievement
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
28. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
overlapping
untracking
learning probes
equilibration
29. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
continuous theories of development
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
reciprocal teaching
enactment
30. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
private speech
preoperational stage
assertive discipline
interference
31. 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.
operant conditioning
pegword method
descriptive research
schema theory
32. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
psychosocial theory
rule-example-rule
attention
social comparison
33. 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.
perception
means-ends analysis
applied behavior analysis
parts of a direct instruction lesson
34. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
pegword method
neutral stimuli
early intervention program
behavior-content matrix
35. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
between-class ability grouping
primacy effect
applied behavior analysis
punishment
36. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
direct instruction
industry vs. inferiority
operant conditioning
extinction
37. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
applied behavior analysis
removal punishment
equity pedagogy
proactive inhibition
38. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
secondary reinforcer
large muscle development
content integration
wait time
39. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
educational psychology
centration
two-way bilingual education
observational learning
40. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
antecedent stimuli
assertive discipline
correlational study
dual code theory of memory
41. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
industry vs. inferiority
means-ends analysis
aptitude-treatment interaction
group contingencies
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.
rote learning
aptitude-treatment interaction
laboratory experiment
cooperative scripting
43. 5 to 9 pieces of information
extinction
worked examples
working memory capacity
randomized field experiment
44. 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.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
cognitive development
class inclusion
serial learning
45. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
reciprocal teaching
home-based reinforcement strategies
intimacy vs. isolation
summative evaluations
46. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
intelligence
classical conditioning
reflectivity
outlining
47. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
action research
dual code theory of memory
achievement motivation
pedagogy
48. 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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49. A critical goal of multicultural education; involves development of positive relationships and tolerant attitudes among students of different backgrounds.
instrumental enrichment
prejudice reduction
mediated learning
shaping
50. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
review prerequisites
self-questioning strategies
conventional level of morality
preconventional level of morality