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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. Middle adulthood (Erikson). the interest in establishing and guiding the next generation.
metacognitive skills
transitional bilingual education
generativity vs self-absorption
learning goals
2. The tendency for items at the end of a list to be recalled more easily than other items.
recency effect
identity achievement
classical conditioning
identity diffusion
3. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
group contingencies
internal validity
locus of control
schema theory
4. The component of memory in which limited amounts of information can be stored for a few seconds.
assertive discipline
rote learning
initial-letter strategies
short-term/ working memory
5. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
proactive facilitation
worked examples
extinction burst
intimacy vs. isolation
6. Bandura states it has four phases: 1. attentional phase-paying attention to a model 2. retention phase-students watch the model and then practice 3. reproduction phase- try to match their behavior to the model's 4. motivational phase- student will co
rule-example-rule
behavior-content matrix
observational learning
prejudice reduction
7. Children at this stage have the dual desire to hold on and to let go. Overly restrictive and harsh parents can give children a sense of powerlessness and doubt in their abilities. 18 months to 3 years (Erikson)
constructivism
untracking
review prerequisites
autonomy vs. doubt
8. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
criterion-related evidence
generalization
social learning theory
single-case experiment
9. A consequence that people learn to value through its association with a primary reinforcer.
dual code theory of memory
adaptation
randomized field experiment
secondary reinforcer
10. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following an unpredictable amount of time.
nongraded programs
intelligence
variable-interval schedule.
transitivity
11. Memorization of a series of items in a particular order.
early intervention program
serial learning
reversibility
generalization
12. Pattern of teaching concepts by presenting a rule or definition - giving examples - and then showing how examples illustrate the rule
semantic memory
uncorrelated variables
consequences
rule-example-rule
13. Approach to teaching in which the teacher transmits information directly to the students; lessons are goal oriented and structured by the teacher.
pedagogy
choral responses
direct instruction
primary reinforcer
14. Writing brief statements that represent the main idea of the information being read
home-based reinforcement strategies
summarizing
negative correlation
levels-of-processing theory
15. Selection by chance into different treatment groups; intended to ensure equivalence of the groups.
norm-referenced interpretations
random assignment
initiative vs. guilt
intelligence
16. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
primary reinforcer
attribution theory
single-case experiment
Skinner box
17. In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning - hypothetical situations that require a person to consider values or right and wrong.
social comparison
mapping
top-down processing
moral dilemmas
18. 12 to 18 years (Erikson) 'Who am I?' is the big question
two-way bilingual education
Skinner box
modeling
identity vs. role confusion
19. Strategies for learning in which initial letters of items to be memorized are made into a more easily remembered word or phrase.
sensory register
fixed-interval schedule
initial-letter strategies
group contingencies
20. Mental repetition of information - which can improve its retention
major stage theorists
perception
rehearsal
moral dilemmas
21. Stages 3 & 4 of Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in consideration of others.
schemes
early intervention program
conventional level of morality
assertive discipline
22. The ability to think and solve problems without the help of others
schema theory
self-regulation
classical conditioning
laboratory experiment
23. A pleasurable consequence that maintains or increases a behavior.
reinforcer
initial-letter strategies
nongraded programs
treatment
24. An adolescent's premature establishment of an identity based on parental choices - not his or her own (Marcia)
meaningful learning
descriptive research
self-regulation
foreclosure
25. A study strategy that requires decisions about what to write.
compensatory preschool programs
norm-referenced interpretations
schema theory
note-taking
26. The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts
variable-ratio (VR) schedule
reflectivity
class inclusion
outlining
27. Relationship in which high levels of one variable correspond to low levels of another.
compensatory education
loci method
negative correlation
self-regulation
28. Use of direct - simple - and well-organized language to present concepts.
cues
long-term memory
operant conditioning
lesson clarity
29. Images - concepts - or narratives that compare new information to information students already understand.
continuous theories of development
analogies
short-term/ working memory
rehearsal
30. Reinforcement schedule in which desired behavior is rewarded following a constant amount of time.
top-down processing
distributed practice
fixed-interval schedule
communicating positive expectations
31. An abstract idea that is generalized from specific examples
identity diffusion
postconventional level of morality
concept
cooperative scripting
32. Carryover of behaviors - skills - or concepts from one setting or task to another.
generalization
secondary reinforcer
overlapping
cooperative play
33. Research approach in which the teaching practices of effective teachers are recorded through classroom observation
solitary play
process-product studies
behavioral learning theories
pedagogy
34. Pleasant or unpleasant conditions that follow behaviors and affect the frequency of future behaviors.
consequences
primary reinforcer
action research
theory
35. Interaction of individual differences in learning with particular teaching methods.
within-class ability grouping
law
aptitude-treatment interaction
achievement motivation
36. The process of comparing oneself to other to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities - attitudes - and conduct.
calling order
proactive inhibition
social comparison
transitional bilingual education
37. Mental visualization of images to improve memory
sign systems
imagery
readiness training
class inclusion
38. Theories based on the belief that human development progresses smoothly and gradually from infancy to adulthood.
continuous theories of development
withitness
levels-of-processing theory
control group
39. Learning strategies that call on students to ask themselves who - what - where - and how questions as they read materials.
assimilation
critical thinking
initiative vs. guilt
self-questioning strategies
40. Play in which children join together to create a common goal.
moratorium
elaboration
cooperative play
mental set
41. Compensatory preschool programs that target very young children at the greatest risk of school failure.
growth needs
means-ends analysis
constructivist theories of learning
early intervention program
42. Believing that everyone views the world as you do.
retroactive inhibition
egocentric
calling order
concept
43. Orderly and lasting growth - adaptation - and change over the course of a lifetime.
discovery learning
criterion-references interpretations
development
continuous theories of development
44. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
schedule of reinforcement
procedural memory
compensatory education
punishment
45. Inability to develop a clear direction or sense of self (Marcia)
identity diffusion
paired-associate learning
inferred reality
solitary play
46. Devices or strategies for aiding the memory
learning goals
control group
mnemonics
experimental group
47. Withdrawal of a pleasant consequence that is reinforcing a behavior - designed to decrease the chances that the behavior will recur.
means-ends analysis
removal punishment
formative evaluation
sensory register
48. Stage during which infants learn about their surroundings by using their senses and motor skills. (Piaget: birth to 2 years)
sensorimotor stage
shaping
choral responses
transitivity
49. A special program that is the subject of an experiment.
treatment
affective objectives
mental set
serial learning
50. Cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing - storage - and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
nformation-processing theory
negative correlation
seatwork
social learning theory