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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)
QAIT model
industry vs. inferiority
antecedent stimuli
pedagogy
2. 5 to 9 pieces of information
achievement motivation
reflectivity
working memory capacity
centration
3. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
punishment
nongraded programs
retroactive facilitation
paired-associate learning
4. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
readiness training
Joplin Plan
equity pedagogy
elaboration
5. Assessments that rate how thoroughly students have mastered specific skills or areas of knowledge
object permanence
mapping
criterion-references interpretations
random assignment
6. Mental processing of new informations that relates to previously learned knowledge.
meaningful learning
concept
self-regulated learners
regrouping
7. Modifying existing schemes to fit new situations. (Piaget)
accommodation
metacognition
untracking
cooperative learning
8. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
bottom-up processing
reflectivity
nformation-processing theory
solitary play
9. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals
learning
growth needs
reflexes
learning goals
10. Events that precede behaviors
negative correlation
identity vs. role confusion
antecedent stimuli
means-ends analysis
11. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
growth needs
nongraded programs
proactive inhibition
formal operational stage
12. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
cooperative play
principle
transitional bilingual education
positive correlation
13. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
formative evaluation
teacher efficacy
treatment
formal operational stage
14. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
top-down processing
behavioral learning theories
summative evaluations
learning
15. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
continuous theories of development
behavior-content matrix
psychosocial theory
randomized field experiment
16. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
mapping
generalization
retroactive facilitation
identity diffusion
17. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.
loci method
self-regulation
experiment
single-case experiment
18. Actions that show respect and caring for others.
long-term memory
prosocial behaviors
aptitude-treatment interaction
single-case experiment
19. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
cognitive learning theories
action research
unconditioned stimulus
mental set
20. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
primary reinforcer
regrouping
theory
emergent literacy
21. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.
treatment
intelligence
episodic memory
pedagogy
22. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
autonomous morality
cooperative learning
random assignment
Premack Principle
23. 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.
flashbulb memory
schema theory
parts of a direct instruction lesson
associative play
24. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
conservation
applied behavior analysis
removal punishment
psychosocial crisis
25. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
learning
psychosocial theory
growth needs
vicarious learning
26. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
adaptation
mnemonics
discovery learning
assimilation
27. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
randomized field experiment
summarizing
sign systems
metacognition
28. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
serial learning
cooperative learning
derived scores
home-based reinforcement strategies
29. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
withitness
means-ends analysis
moral dilemmas
group contingencies
30. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
theory
internal validity
levels-of-processing theory
sign systems
31. Continuation (of behavior)
autonomous morality
sensory register
imagery
maintenance
32. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
internal validity
assimilation
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
intelligence quotient (IQ)
33. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
emergent literacy
removal punishment
schemes
formal operational stage
34. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
compensatory education
process-product studies
proactive facilitation
QAIT model
35. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
experiment
readiness training
unconditioned stimulus
36. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
learning goals
reinforcer
sensorimotor stage
extinction
37. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
self-esteem
parts of a direct instruction lesson
seriation
reciprocal teaching
38. Knowledge and skills relating to reading that children usually develop from experience with books and other print media before the beginning of formal reading instruction in school.
emergent literacy
keyword method
mapping
adaptation
39. A person's interpretation of stimuli
perception
punishment
classical conditioning
direct instruction
40. Rewarding or punishing one's own behavior.
elaboration
self-regulation
generativity vs self-absorption
outlining
41. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
process-product studies
major stage theorists
levels-of-processing theory
negative correlation
42. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.
analogies
discovery learning
short-term/ working memory
intimacy vs. isolation
43. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
inert knowledge
outlining
discovery learning
postconventional level of morality
44. The tendency for items at the beginning of a list to be recalled more easily that other items.
mock participation
primacy effect
cognitive development
parallel play
45. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
primary reinforcer
unconditioned stimulus
conventional level of morality
rule-example-rule
46. Values computed from raw scores that relate students' performances to those of a norming group
preconventional level of morality
zone of proximal development
intelligence quotient (IQ)
derived scores
47. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
rote learning
metacognitive skills
extinction
compensatory education
48. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
self-actualization
neutral stimuli
paired bilingual education
negative correlation
49. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
self-regulation
variable-interval schedule.
emergent literacy
stimuli
50. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
rote learning
punishment
experimental group
transfer of learning