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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. 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.
initiative vs. guilt
conservation
pegword method
emergent literacy
2. Simple to complex: knowledge (recall) - comprehension (translating - interpreting - or extrapolating) - application (using principles or abstractions to solve novel or real-life problems) - analysis (breaking down complex information or ideas into si
summative evaluations
nongraded programs
Blooms Taxonomy
rote learning
3. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
lesson clarity
overlapping
reversibility
mapping
4. Learned information that could be applied to a wide range of situations but whose use is limited to restricted - often artificial - applications.
constructivist theories of learning
distributed practice
parallel play
inert knowledge
5. Development of dexterity of the fine muscles of the hand. (early childhood)
extinction burst
psychosocial crisis
choral responses
small muscle development
6. The ability to perform a mental operation and then reverse one's thinking to return to the starting point.
mnemonics
reversibility
english immersion
readiness training
7. A strategy for improving memory by using images to link pairs of items.
removal punishment
between-class ability grouping
keyword method
self-actualization
8. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
schemes
recency effect
sensorimotor stage
schedule of reinforcement
9. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
preoperational stage
derived scores
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
enactment
10. Stage at which one can deal abstractly with hypothetical situations and can reason logically. (Piaget: ages 11 to adulthood)
equilibration
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
affective objectives
formal operational stage
11. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
assertive discipline
scaffolding
aptitude-treatment interaction
fixed-interval schedule
12. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
sensory register
uncorrelated variables
schema theory
discovery learning
13. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
critical thinking
automaticity
social learning theory
vicarious learning
14. A regrouping method in which students are grouped across grade lines for reading instruction
Joplin Plan
trust vs. mistrust
retroactive inhibition
learning
15. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
external validity
internal locus of control (self-efficacy)
interference
performance goals
16. Research study aimed at identifying and gathering detailed information about something of interest.
postconventional level of morality
sex-role behavior
descriptive research
advance organizers
17. The process of adjusting schemes in response to the environment by means of assimilation and accommodation. (Piaget)
short-term/ working memory
adaptation
proactive inhibition
negative correlation
18. A stimulus that naturally evokes a particular response
intentionality
unconditioned stimulus
process-product studies
free-recall learning
19. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
keyword method
consequences
verbal learning
self-regulation
20. 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.
learned helplessness
unconditioned stimulus
scaffolding
expectancy-valence model
21. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a fixed number of behaviors.
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
principle
postconventional level of morality
zone of proximal development
22. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
lesson clarity
behavior-content matrix
conservation
egocentric
23. Wait for students to respond - avoid unnecessary achievement distinctions among students - and treat all students equally.
conditioned stimulus
rule-example-rule
within-class ability grouping
communicating positive expectations
24. A theory that relates the probability and the incentive value of success to motivation
english immersion
expectancy-valence model
generalization
attribution theory
25. Stages 5 & 6 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgments in realtion to abstract principles.
postconventional level of morality
worked examples
discovery learning
major stage theorists
26. 5 to 9 pieces of information
egocentric
working memory capacity
random assignment
industry vs. inferiority
27. Learning theory that emphasizes not only reinforcement but also the effects of cues on thought and of thought on action. developed by Bandura
instrumental enrichment
social learning theory
continuous theories of development
consequences
28. Methods for learning - studying - or solving problems.
correlational study
metacognitive skills
action research
sensory register
29. Research + common sense
schemes
levels-of-processing theory
effective teaching
generativity vs self-absorption
30. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
internal validity
reflectivity
prosocial behaviors
Premack Principle
31. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
sex-role behavior
self-questioning strategies
individualized instruction
multiple intelligences
32. Decreased ability to recall previously learning information - caused by learning of new information.
zone of proximal development
retroactive inhibition
semantic memory
levels-of-processing theory
33. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
norm-referenced interpretations
rote learning
cooperative play
calling order
34. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
metacognition
identity achievement
self-regulation
regrouping
35. Teacher works out an example of a problem on the board...modeling their thought process.
advance organizers
worked examples
reinforcer
parallel play
36. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
sign systems
preoperational stage
metacognitive skills
dual code theory of memory
37. The weakening and eventual elimination of a learned behavior as reinforcement is withdrawn.
heteronomous morality
extinction
operant conditioning
large muscle development
38. Children's self-talk - which guides their thinking and action; eventually internalized as inner speech.
assertive discipline
private speech
between-class ability grouping
preoperational stage
39. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
direct instruction
imagery
prejudice reduction
conventional level of morality
40. Instruction felt to be adapted to the current developmental status of children (rather than to their age alone).
educational psychology
moral dilemmas
intelligence quotient (IQ)
developmentally appropriate education
41. 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.
instrumental enrichment
initial-letter strategies
heteronomous morality
seatwork
42. Measure of the match between the content of a test and the content of the instruction that preceded it.
cues
distributed practice
behavior-content matrix
content evidence
43. A person's interpretation of stimuli
seatwork
compensatory education
perception
growth needs
44. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
rote learning
QAIT model
emergent literacy
wait time
45. Explanation of memory that links recall of a stimulus with the amount of mental processing it receives.
generalization
levels-of-processing theory
negative correlation
deficiency needs
46. A thinking skills program in which students work through a series of paper-and-pencil exercises that are designed to develop various intellectual abilities.
QAIT model
Premack Principle
egocentric
instrumental enrichment
47. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
intelligence quotient (IQ)
assimilation
48. Technique in which items to be learned are repeated at intervals over a period of time.
treatment
self-regulated learners
distributed practice
advance organizers
49. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
development
preconventional level of morality
loci method
formal operational stage
50. Activities and techniques that orient students to the material before reading or class presentation
advance organizers
motivation
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
loci method