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Educational Psychology Vocab
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1. The desire to experience success and to participate in activities in which success depends on personal effort and abilities
achievement motivation
psychosocial crisis
variable
random assignment
2. State learning objectives and orient students to the lesson.
bilingual education
proactive inhibition
primary reinforcer
parts of a direct instruction lesson
3. Mental networks of related concepts that influence understanding of new information
flashbulb memory
schemata
achievement motivation
assimilation
4. Programs - generally at the primary level - that combine children of different ages in the same class. Also called cross-age grouping programs.
inferred reality
primary reinforcer
nongraded programs
fixed-ratio (FR) schedule
5. Component of instruction in which students work by themselves to demonstrate and rehearse new knowledge.
content evidence
flashbulb memory
independent practice
extinction burst
6. Rule stating that enjoyable activities can be used to reinforce participation in less enjoyable activities
mediated learning
Premack Principle
norm-referenced interpretations
instrumental enrichment
7. A model of effective instruction that focuses on elements teachers can directly control: quality - appropriateness - incentive - and time.
QAIT model
top-down processing
compensatory education
operant conditioning
8. Learning based on the observation of the consequences of others' behavior.
development
mental set
vicarious learning
independent practice
9. Increased ability to learn new information based on the presence of previously acquired information.
initiative vs. guilt
proactive facilitation
zone of proximal development
associative play
10. 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.
initial-letter strategies
egocentric
scaffolding
overlapping
11. Stages 1 and 2 in Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning - in which individuals make moral judgements in their own interests.
outlining
two-way bilingual education
preconventional level of morality
external locus of control
12. Learning process in which individuals physically carry out tasks.
neutral stimuli
enactment
retroactive facilitation
deficiency needs
13. 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)
neutral stimuli
multiple intelligences
flashbulb memory
constructivist theories of learning
14. Strategy where students more easily discover and comprehend difficult concepts if they can talk with each other about the problems (constructivist supported learning)
pegword method
cooperative learning
self-regulated learners
egocentric
15. Piaget - Vygotsky - Erikson - and Kohlberg
self-regulation
group contingencies
major stage theorists
formative evaluation
16. Signals as to what behavior(s) will be reinforced or punished. (also know as antecedent stimuli)
instrumental enrichment
pegword method
observational learning
cues
17. Student seeing and when appropriate having hands-on experience with concepts and skills.
vicarious learning
self-concept
mental set
demonstrations - models - and illustrations
18. The goal of infancy is to develop a basic trust in the world. Birth to 18 months (Erikson)
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
concrete operational stage
Premack Principle
trust vs. mistrust
19. The concept that certain properties of an object (such as weight) remain the same regardless of changes in other properties (such as length).
initial-letter strategies
intentionality
generalization
conservation
20. Understanding new experiences in terms of existing schemes. (Piaget)
paired bilingual education
free-recall learning
accommodation
assimilation
21. Food - water - and other consequence that satisfies a basic need.
direct instruction
primary reinforcer
compensatory preschool programs
sign systems
22. The process of connecting new material to information or ideas already in the learner's mind.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
elaboration
constructivism
seriation
23. Degree to which results of an experiment can be applied to a real-life situations.
sensory register
heteronomous morality
schema theory
external validity
24. Stage at which children learn to represent things in the mind. (Piaget: ages 2-7)
initial-letter strategies
preoperational stage
norm-referenced interpretations
reciprocal teaching
25. Paying attention to only one aspect of an object or situation.
learning goals
centration
compensatory preschool programs
proactive facilitation
26. Programs designed to prevent or remediate learning problems among students from lower socioeconomic status communities.
principles for providing extrinsic incentives
compensatory education
psychosocial theory
randomized field experiment
27. Representing the main points of material in a hierarchical format.
outlining
uncorrelated variables
self-regulated learners
performance goals
28. Research + common sense
attention
effective teaching
transitivity
preoperational stage
29. Students are encouraged to discover principles for themselves
discovery learning
outlining
reciprocal teaching
PQ4R method
30. Teaching techniques that facilitate the academic success of students from different ethnic and social class groups.
primary reinforcer
early intervention program
formal operational stage
equity pedagogy
31. Research carried out by educators in their own classrooms or schools.
seriation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
prejudice reduction
action research
32. The fact that an object exists even if it is out of sight.
working memory capacity
object permanence
intelligence
initial-letter strategies
33. Something that can have more than one value - in a experiment researchers try to limit these to only that being tested.
variable
aptitude-treatment interaction
short-term/ working memory
self-concept
34. Explanations of learning that emphasize observable changes in behavior.
behavioral learning theories
generativity vs self-absorption
critical thinking
parts of a direct instruction lesson
35. Class rewards that depend on the behavior of ALL students
maintenance
reciprocal teaching
group contingencies
inert knowledge
36. A type of evidence of validity that exists when scores on a test are related to scores from another measure of an associated trait
inert knowledge
criterion-related evidence
knowledge construction
emergent literacy
37. Assessments that compare the performance of one students against the performance of others
parts of a direct instruction lesson
uncorrelated variables
trust vs. mistrust
norm-referenced interpretations
38. Decreased ability to learn new information - caused by interference from existing knowledge
seatwork
reflectivity
attribution theory
proactive inhibition
39. Application of behavioral learning principles to understanding and changing behavior (What is the target behavior and the reinforcer)
wait time
random assignment
applied behavior analysis
schemes
40. General aptitude for learning - often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and to solve problems.
cooperative learning
intelligence
preoperational stage
strategies to enhance intrinsic motivation
41. Knowledge about one's own learning or about how to learn ('thinking about thinking')
zone of proximal development
metacognition
centration
prejudice reduction
42. Procedure used to test the effect of a treatment. Researchers can create special treatments and analyze their effects.
experiment
advance organizers
group contingencies
equity pedagogy
43. Teachers' use of examples - data - and other information from a variety of cultures.
mental set
variable-interval schedule.
external validity
content integration
44. Unpleasant consequences used to weaken behavior.
learning goals
PQ4R method
punishment
integrity vs. despiar
45. A chart that classifies lesson objectives according to cognitive level.
behavior-content matrix
direct instruction
rule-example-rule
dual code theory of memory
46. According to Erikson - the set of critical issues that individuals must address as they pass through each of the eight life stages.
antecedent stimuli
psychosocial crisis
rehearsal
fixed-interval schedule
47. Objectives that have to do with student attitudes and values.
within-class ability grouping
affective objectives
summative evaluations
egocentric
48. Inhibition of recall of certain information by the presence of other information in memory.
between-class ability grouping
interference
private speech
note-taking
49. Behavior modification strategies in which a student's school behavior is reported to parents - who supply rewards.
classical conditioning
home-based reinforcement strategies
solitary play
sex-role behavior
50. One who believes that other factors - such as luck - task difficulty - and other people's actions - cause success or failure
regrouping
cooperative learning
effective teaching
external locus of control
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