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Educational Psychology Vocab

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1. A person's perception of his or her own strengths - weaknesses - abilities - attitudes - and values.






2. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)






3. 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.






4. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.






5. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences






6. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)






7. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






8. Late adulthood (Erikson). people look back over their lifetime and come to the realization that one's life has been one's own responsibility. Despair occurs in those who regret the way they have led their lives.






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






10. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.






11. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.






12. The expectation - based on experience - that one's actions will ultimately lead to failure.






13. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.






14. The frequency and predictability of reinforcement.






15. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read






16. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)






17. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)






18. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators






19. Success bring with it a sense of industry - a good feeling about oneself and one's abilities. 6 to 12 years (Erikson)






20. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






22. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems






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






24. Research + common sense






25. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.






26. A study strategy that has students preview - question - read - reflect - recite - and review material.






27. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.






28. Inborn - automatic responses to stimuli (e.g. eye blinking in response to bright light).






29. Play that is much like parallel play but with increased levels of interaction in the form of sharing - turn-taking - and general interest in what others are doing.






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






31. 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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32. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question






33. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.






34. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.






35. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.






36. Evaluation of conclusions through logical and systematic examination of the problem - the evidence - and the solution.






37. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.






38. A level of rapidity and ease such that tasks can be performed or skills utilized with little mental effort.






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






40. Theory suggesting that information coded both visually and verbally is remembered better than information coded in only one of those two ways.






41. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.






42. Events that precede behaviors






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






44. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.






45. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.






46. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)






47. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.






48. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.






49. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.






50. 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.







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