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Educational Psychology Vocab

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






2. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)






3. Perception of and response to different stimuli






4. Problem-solving technique that encourages indentifying the goal (ends) to be attained - the current situation - and what needs to be done (means) to reduce the difference between the two conditions.






5. Final evaluations of students' achievement of an objective






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






7. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples






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






9. Basic skills are gradually build into more complex skills.






10. Environmental conditions that activate the senses






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






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






13. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.






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






15. An apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for observing animal behavior in experiments in operant conditioning.






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






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






18. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.






19. The degree to which teachers feel that their own efforts determine the success of their students.






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






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






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






23. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students






24. A set of principles that explains and relates certain phenomena.






25. Students who have knowledge of effective learning strategies and how and when to use them






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






27. An intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100.






28. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.






29. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg






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






31. A personality trait that determines whether people attribute responsibility for their own failure or success to internal or external factors






32. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.






33. 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






34. Experiments in which researchers create a highly artificial - structured setting that exists for a brief period of time. Researchers can exert a very high degree of control over all the factors involved in the study.






35. A state of consolidation reflecting conscious - clear-cut decisions concerning occupation and ideology. (Marcia)






36. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.






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






38. Explanations of learning that focus on mental processes






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






40. The process of restoring balance between present understanding and new experiences. According to Piaget learning depends on this process.






41. The study of learning and teaching.






42. Needs for knowing - appreciating - and understanding - which people try to satisfy after their basic needs are met as identified by Maslow






43. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.






44. 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.






45. In Piaget's theory of moral development - the stage at which a person understands that people make rules and that punishments are not automatic.






46. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge






47. Diagramming main ideas and the connections between them






48. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.






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






50. Gradual - orderly changes by which mental processes become more complex and sophisticated.