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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.
social comparison
cues
PQ4R method
concept
2. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
levels-of-processing theory
identity diffusion
cooperative learning
autonomous morality
3. 5 to 9 pieces of information
within-class ability grouping
working memory capacity
between-class ability grouping
rule-example-rule
4. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.
early intervention program
long-term memory
criterion-references interpretations
massed practice
5. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
criterion-related evidence
recency effect
working memory capacity
instrumental enrichment
6. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
self-regulated learners
shaping
summarizing
choral responses
7. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
mnemonics
reversibility
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
cues
8. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
identity achievement
sensorimotor stage
neutral stimuli
mock participation
9. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
variable-interval schedule.
growth needs
self-actualization
meaningful learning
10. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.
schedule of reinforcement
self-regulated learners
wait time
reinforcer
11. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
sensorimotor stage
observational learning
extinction burst
episodic memory
12. Doing this for a purpose; teachers who use intentionality plan their actions based on the outcomes they want to achieve.
constructivist theories of learning
intentionality
proactive facilitation
accommodation
13. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
unconditioned stimulus
prejudice reduction
single-case experiment
schemata
14. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
primacy effect
growth needs
uncorrelated variables
sex-role behavior
15. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
self-actualization
metacognitive skills
semantic memory
presentation punishment
16. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
nongraded programs
object permanence
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
mapping
17. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
object permanence
communicating positive expectations
compensatory preschool programs
cooperative scripting
18. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.
cognitive development
review prerequisites
single-case experiment
recency effect
19. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
autonomy vs. doubt
intelligence
mediated learning
20. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.
between-class ability grouping
experiment
communicating positive expectations
intelligence quotient (IQ)
21. 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)
cognitive behavior modification
process-product studies
constructivist theories of learning
self-regulation
22. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
transitivity
retroactive facilitation
negative correlation
centration
23. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
intelligence quotient (IQ)
conventional level of morality
punishment
24. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
free-recall learning
loci method
Blooms Taxonomy
growth needs
25. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
intelligence
positive correlation
external locus of control
procedural memory
26. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
withitness
nformation-processing theory
retroactive inhibition
foreclosure
27. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.
criterion-references interpretations
learned helplessness
modeling
moratorium
28. Continuation (of behavior)
retroactive facilitation
major stage theorists
maintenance
top-down processing
29. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
preoperational stage
Premack Principle
seatwork
sensorimotor stage
30. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
imagery
deficiency needs
between-class ability grouping
moral dilemmas
31. Play that occurs alone.
solitary play
working memory capacity
trust vs. mistrust
schemes
32. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge
pegword method
metacognitive skills
semantic memory
long-term memory
33. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
retroactive facilitation
secondary reinforcer
sign systems
social learning theory
34. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson
educational psychology
individualized instruction
self-questioning strategies
mental set
35. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
zone of proximal development
self-regulation
choral responses
review prerequisites
36. 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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37. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
aptitude-treatment interaction
PQ4R method
antecedent stimuli
formal operational stage
38. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
paired-associate learning
distributed practice
psychosocial crisis
learning probes
39. A method of ability grouping in which students in mixed-ability classes are assigned to reading or math classes on the basis of their performance levels
mnemonics
reciprocal teaching
conditioned stimulus
regrouping
40. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
intelligence
verbal learning
transfer of learning
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.
modeling
descriptive research
laboratory experiment
retroactive facilitation
42. A person's eight separate abilities: logical/mathematical - linguistic - musical - naturalist - spatial - bodily/kinesthetic - interpersonal - and intrapersonal. (Garner)
schemata
operant conditioning
multiple intelligences
preoperational stage
43. Arranging objects in sequential order according to one aspect - such as size - weight - or volume.
extinction burst
seriation
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
adaptation
44. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.
continuous theories of development
integrity vs. despiar
theory
uncorrelated variables
45. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them
massed practice
development
mapping
law
46. A person's interpretation of stimuli
emergent literacy
perception
expectancy-valence model
cognitive learning theories
47. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).
paired bilingual education
schemata
reflexes
identity achievement
48. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which children think that rules are unchangeable and that breaking them leads to automatic punishment.
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
heteronomous morality
schemata
self-regulation
49. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
cooperative learning
industry vs. inferiority
affective objectives
multiple intelligences
50. Active focus on certain stimuli to the exclusion of others
short-term/ working memory
independent practice
attention
intentionality