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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A strategy for remembering lists by picturing items in familiar locations
flashbulb memory
loci method
self-questioning strategies
expectancy theory
2. Events that precede behaviors
antecedent stimuli
deficiency needs
cognitive learning theories
meaningful learning
3. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
proactive inhibition
summative evaluations
primary reinforcer
4. The study of learning and teaching.
educational psychology
behavioral learning theories
accommodation
massed practice
5. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
self-concept
worked examples
intelligence quotient (IQ)
treatment
6. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
teacher efficacy
generativity vs self-absorption
primary reinforcer
mental set
7. 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.
intimacy vs. isolation
scaffolding
laboratory experiment
parts of a direct instruction lesson
8. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.
shaping
zone of proximal development
law
dual code theory of memory
9. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
direct instruction
shaping
retroactive facilitation
reciprocal teaching
10. Stimuli that have no effect on a particular response.
norm-referenced interpretations
neutral stimuli
readiness training
parallel play
11. Experiment conducted under realistic conditions in which individuals are assigned by chance to receive different practical treatments or programs.
consequences
randomized field experiment
meaningful learning
developmentally appropriate education
12. Play that occurs alone.
trust vs. mistrust
advance organizers
preoperational stage
solitary play
13. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
self-actualization
locus of control
small muscle development
retroactive inhibition
14. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
developmentally appropriate education
recency effect
expectancy theory
rehearsal
15. Instructional program for students who speak little or no English in which some instruction is provided in the native language
conventional level of morality
small muscle development
bilingual education
individualized instruction
16. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
pegword method
pedagogy
transitivity
Premack Principle
17. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
adaptation
nongraded programs
analogies
18. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
internal validity
means-ends analysis
attention
preconventional level of morality
19. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co
integrity vs. despiar
paired bilingual education
observational learning
consequences
20. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
concept
cognitive development
mnemonics
generativity vs self-absorption
21. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
self-regulation
classical conditioning
class inclusion
moratorium
22. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
positive correlation
dual code theory of memory
intelligence
distributed practice
23. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
growth needs
enactment
home-based reinforcement strategies
primary reinforcer
24. Programs that are designed to prepare disadvantaged children for entry into kindergarten and first grade.
readiness training
levels-of-processing theory
compensatory preschool programs
intentionality
25. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.
top-down processing
foreclosure
uncorrelated variables
assimilation
26. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.
reciprocal teaching
autonomous morality
cognitive apprenticeship
withitness
27. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
criterion-related evidence
criterion-references interpretations
fixed-interval schedule
mapping
28. Symbols that cultures create to help people think - communicate and solve problems
sensory register
sign systems
nformation-processing theory
neutral stimuli
29. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
internal validity
loci method
between-class ability grouping
equilibration
30. During this period children's continually maturing motor and language skills permit them to be increasingly aggressive and vigorous in the explorations of bot their social and their physical environment. 3 to 6 years (Erikson)
flashbulb memory
initiative vs. guilt
discrimination
correlational study
31. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
presentation punishment
social learning theory
schemata
discovery learning
32. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
integrity vs. despiar
cognitive behavior modification
sign systems
preoperational stage
33. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
expectancy-valence model
shaping
preconventional level of morality
learned helplessness
34. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
scaffolding
keyword method
initial-letter strategies
individualized instruction
35. A part of long-term memory that stores images of our personal experiences
solitary play
derived scores
attention
episodic memory
36. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.
teacher efficacy
preconventional level of morality
top-down processing
formal operational stage
37. 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
external validity
verbal learning
assimilation
untracking
38. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
parts of a direct instruction lesson
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
applied behavior analysis
learned helplessness
39. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
schemes
social learning theory
teacher efficacy
keyword method
40. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
withitness
consequences
private speech
shaping
41. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
cooperative scripting
solitary play
variable-interval schedule.
classical conditioning
42. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
classical conditioning
english immersion
concept
self-actualization
43. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential
prejudice reduction
adaptation
object permanence
self-actualization
44. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.
uncorrelated variables
identity diffusion
performance goals
summarizing
45. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
schemes
serial learning
content evidence
group contingencies
46. Assisted learning; an approach in which the teacher guides instruction by means of scaffolding to help students master and internalize the skills that permit higher cognitive functioning.
initiative vs. guilt
autonomous morality
mediated learning
consequences
47. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
punishment
advance organizers
procedural memory
generativity vs self-absorption
48. Method of giving clear - firm - unhostile response to student misbehavior (Canter and Canter)...uses broken record
large muscle development
rote learning
process-product studies
assertive discipline
49. Instruction in the background skills and knowledge that prepare children for formal teaching later.
educational psychology
preconventional level of morality
criterion-references interpretations
readiness training
50. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
cooperative learning
class inclusion
imagery
inferred reality