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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.






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






3. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






4. 5 to 9 pieces of information






5. Kounin - the degree to which the teacher is aware of and responsive to student behavior at all times






6. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule






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






8. A person's interpretation of stimuli






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






10. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.






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






12. Imitation of others' behavior. (Bandura)






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






14. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.






15. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






16. Students are taught primarily or entirely in English






17. Principles that have been thoroughly tested and found to apply in a wide variety of situations.






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






19. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.






20. A person's ability to develop his or her full potential






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






22. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.






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






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






25. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.






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






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






28. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.






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






30. Work that students are assigned to do independently during class.






31. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.






32. 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.






33. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






34. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.






35. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.






36. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.






37. 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






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






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






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






41. The components of memory in which large amounts of information can be stored for long periods of time.






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






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






44. The study of teaching and learning with applications to the instructional process. Also called instruction.






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






46. An internal process that activates - guides and maintains behavior over time.






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Do not assign independent practice until you are sure students can do it - keep independent practice assignments short - give clear instructions - get students started and then avoid interruptions - monitor independent work - collects independent wor






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