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Educational Psychology Vocab

Subject : teaching
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1. Development of motor skills such as running or throwing - which involve the limbs and large muscles. (early childhood)






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






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






4. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others






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






6. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.






7. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.






8. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)






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






10. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. A theory of motivation based on the belief that people's efforts to achieve depend on their expectations of reward






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






17. 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.






18. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.






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






20. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






22. 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)






23. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.






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






25. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.






26. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.






27. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura






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






29. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






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






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






33. The goals of students who are motivated primarily by a desire to gain recognition from others and to earn good grades.






34. Designed to determine whether additional instruction is needed






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






36. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information






37. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.






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






39. A theory of motivation that focuses on how people explain the causes of their own successes and failures.






40. Teacher's ability to attend to interruptions or behavior problems while continuing a lesson or other instructional activity.






41. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory






42. Instruction tailored to particular students' needs - in which each student works at her or his own level and rate.






43. Variables for which there is no relationship between high/low levels of one and high/low levels of the other.






44. Actions that show respect and caring for others.






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






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






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






48. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities






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






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