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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)






2. A strategy for memorization in which images are used to link list of facts to a familiar set of words or numbers.






3. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.






4. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.






5. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.






6. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).






7. 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)






8. 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.






9. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.






10. 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






11. Learning of a list of items in any order.






12. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






13. A parts of long-term memory that stores facts and general knowledge






14. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.






15. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






16. Young adulthood (Erikson) Learning how to share their life with another.






17. Component of the memory system in which information is received and held for very short periods of time.






18. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. Basic requirements for physical and psychological well-being as identified by Maslow






22. Memorization of facts or association that might be essentially arbitrary






23. 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)






24. Teaching of a new skill or behavior by means of reinforcement for small steps toward the desired goal.






25. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.






26. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by desire for knowledge acquisition and self-improvement. Also called mastery goals






27. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts






28. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response






29. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)






30. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)






31. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)






32. A person's interpretation of stimuli






33. Students' attitude of readiness to begin a lesson






34. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.






35. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.






36. Students begin with complex problems to solve and then work out or discover (with the teacher's guidance) the basic skills required.






37. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.






38. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






39. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.






40. Arousing interest - maintaining curiosity - interesting presentation modes - and helping students set their own goals






41. A previously neutral stimulus that evokes a particular response after having been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.






42. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.






43. Socially approved behavior associated with one gender as opposed to the other.






44. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






45. Important events that a fixed mainly in visual and auditory memory.






46. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.






47. Experiment that studies a treatment's effect on one person or one group by contrasting behavior before - during - or after application of the treatment.






48. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






49. A focus on having students in mixed-ability groups and holding them to high standards but providing many ways for students to reach those standards






50. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.