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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
compensatory education
discontinuous theories of development
advance organizers
2. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
affective objectives
internal validity
working memory capacity
3. View of cognitive development that emphasizes the active role of learners in building their own understanding of reality. (Piaget's theory of development)
discrimination
stimuli
constructivism
solitary play
4. Responses to questions made by an entire class in unison
prejudice reduction
choral responses
conservation
keyword method
5. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
identity diffusion
variable
worked examples
accommodation
6. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
interference
treatment
consequences
experiment
7. An aversive stimulus following a behavior - used to decrease the chances that the behavior will occur again.
internal validity
punishment
presentation punishment
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
8. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
short-term/ working memory
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
serial learning
initiative vs. guilt
9. A part of long-term memory that stores information about how to do things
procedural memory
criterion-references interpretations
reflexes
self-regulation
10. A method - such as questioning - that helps teachers find out whether students understand a lesson.
paired-associate learning
learning probes
single-case experiment
self-regulation
11. Learning of a list of items in any order.
dual code theory of memory
bottom-up processing
free-recall learning
postconventional level of morality
12. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors
experiment
locus of control
means-ends analysis
compensatory preschool programs
13. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
aptitude-treatment interaction
stimuli
prejudice reduction
assertive discipline
14. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to high levels of another.
loci method
unconditioned stimulus
schemata
positive correlation
15. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
postconventional level of morality
mapping
applied behavior analysis
intelligence quotient (IQ)
16. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow
constructivism
growth needs
criterion-related evidence
episodic memory
17. The use of pleasant or unpleasant consequences to control the occurrence of behavior. (Skinner)
egocentric
metacognitive skills
associative play
operant conditioning
18. The practice of grouping students in separate classes according to ability level
procedural memory
metacognition
between-class ability grouping
heteronomous morality
19. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
attention
sensorimotor stage
calling order
cues
20. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
theory
content integration
learning goals
21. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
readiness training
seriation
Joplin Plan
summative evaluations
22. 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.
equilibration
heteronomous morality
intelligence quotient (IQ)
affective objectives
23. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
mnemonics
self-actualization
PQ4R method
adaptation
24. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
extinction
episodic memory
social learning theory
behavioral learning theories
25. The degree to which an experiment's results can be attributed to the treatment in question - not to other factors.
rule-example-rule
lesson clarity
internal validity
retroactive facilitation
26. A study method in which students work in pairs and take turns orally summarizing sections of material to be learned.
cooperative scripting
multiple intelligences
trust vs. mistrust
transitivity
27. Mental patterns that guide behavior (Piaget)
applied behavior analysis
intimacy vs. isolation
interference
schemes
28. Theories describing human development as occurring through a fixed sequence of distinct - predictable stages governed by inborn factors.
discontinuous theories of development
maintenance
english immersion
single-case experiment
29. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
semantic memory
fixed-interval schedule
equity pedagogy
perception
30. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
extinction
effective teaching
seriation
random assignment
31. Learning of items in linked pairs so that when one member of a pair is presented - the other can be recalled.
paired-associate learning
english immersion
seatwork
bottom-up processing
32. 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.
Blooms Taxonomy
experimental group
scaffolding
sensory register
33. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
compensatory education
centration
initiative vs. guilt
top-down processing
34. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
content integration
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
learned helplessness
punishment
35. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
social comparison
negative correlation
removal punishment
moratorium
36. Experimentation with occupational and ideological choices without definite commitment. (Marcia)
small muscle development
moratorium
Premack Principle
primary reinforcer
37. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
knowledge construction
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
retroactive facilitation
prosocial behaviors
38. A skill learning during the concrete operational stage (Piaget) of cognitive development in which individuals can mentally arrange and compare objects.
transitivity
readiness training
pegword method
accommodation
39. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
modeling
conventional level of morality
unconditioned stimulus
cooperative play
40. Expressing clear expectations - providing clear feedback - providing immediate feedback - providing frequent feedback - increasing the value and availability of extrinsic motivators
mnemonics
preoperational stage
self-questioning strategies
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
41. Level of development immediately above a person's present level. (Vygotsky believed that this was where real learning took place)
moratorium
zone of proximal development
expectancy theory
lesson clarity
42. Increased comprehension of previously learned information because of the acquisition of new information.
stimuli
retroactive facilitation
episodic memory
deficiency needs
43. One who believes that success or failure is the result of his or her own efforts or abilities
solitary play
growth needs
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
experiment
44. 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.
bilingual education
metacognition
pedagogy
associative play
45. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
assimilation
behavior-content matrix
psychosocial theory
direct instruction
46. 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.
between-class ability grouping
summarizing
intelligence quotient (IQ)
schema theory
47. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
knowledge construction
moral dilemmas
distributed practice
random assignment
48. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes
autonomous morality
cognitive learning theories
seriation
loci method
49. Continuation (of behavior)
laboratory experiment
concrete operational stage
intelligence quotient (IQ)
maintenance
50. A set of principles that relates to social environment to psychological development (Erikson is viewed this way)
class inclusion
psychosocial theory
self-regulation
criterion-references interpretations
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